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PM flies to Italy Wednesday
Prime Minister Sheikh is flying to Italy on Wednesday to attend the ASEM Summit.
Published : 14 Oct 2014, 04:15 PM
Updated : 14 Oct 2014, 07:38 PM
According to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), she will leave Dhaka for Milan at 10 am on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight.
The 10th Summit of ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) will be held in Milan on Thursday and Friday.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said at a briefing at his ministry on Tuesday that the prime minister would address the summit on Thursday.
She will highlight Bangladesh's position on different important issues like climate change, millennium development goals (MDGs), disaster-risk management and connectivity between Asia and Europe, he added.
Focusing on Bangladesh’ progress in economic and social spheres, the minister said: “The summit will give importance to our prime minister’s position.”
Besides attending the summit, Hasina will have bi-lateral meetings with the heads of the governments of Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, and Sweden, and hold discussions with chiefs of the European Commission and European Council.
The foreign minister said ASEM had 51 members at present, while Croatia and Kazakhstan had applied for membership.
He said 50 people were in the PM’s entourage.
Hasina is also scheduled to attend a reception to be given to her by expatriate Bangladeshis in Italy.
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