Dhaka, May 16 (bdnews24.com)- Prime minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in South Korean capital Seoul on Sunday morning.
She is on a six day visit to South Korea and then Malaysia.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported that the Thai airways plane carrying Sheikh Hasina landed at Seoul airport at 6.15 am (local time).
The Bangladesh premier received a red-carpet reception at the airport.
Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Chotae-Yong and Director General (Far East) Choichong Moon was present at the airport to receive her.
On her way to South Korea, the Prime Minister has made a six-hour stopover in Thai capital Bangkok.
She will attend the 66th conference of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on May 17 and is scheduled to address the inauguration session.
On May 18, she will hold talks with the South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak on bilateral issues and will attend a banquet hosted by the president.
Hasina is likely to sign a few memorandums of understanding on infrastructure development and economic cooperation after the meeting with the South Korean president.
Korean environment minister and knowledge economy minister will also meet her.
Hasina is set to attend a lunch hosted by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) on May 17 and a dinner hosted by the Korean unification committee chairman.
During her visit, Hasina is scheduled to visit the Hanging Project of the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the Han river and meet the South Korean national assembly.
She will pay homage to the South Korean national memorial tower on May 18.
Hasina will leave Seoul for the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on May 18.
The next day she is expected to speak at the inaugural ceremony of the 6th Economic Forum and hold bilateral talks with the Malaysian prime minister Najib Bin Razak.
The chairman of Islamic Economic Forum will also meet with her on the same day.
She will attend a lunch and dinner hosted by the Malaysian prime minister.
The Bangladeshi head of government will also sit with Malaysian investors and the Bangladeshi community settled in Malaysia in separate meetings.
She will leave Kuala Lumpur on May 20 and arrive back in Dhaka on May 21.
Commerce minister Faruk Khan, prime minister's adviser Mashiur Rahman, Board of Investment executive chairman SA Samad, foreign secretary Mohamed Mizarul Quayes, prime minister's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad and others will accompany Hasina.
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