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PM leaves Dubai for NY to join UNGA

September 23, 2019 00:00:00


Sheikh Hasina

ABU DHABI, Sept 22 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here today on the way to New York on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

She will deliver the country statement at the 74th Annual General Debate of the UNGA in New York on September 27.

During the visit, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on September 24 and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on September 28.

A flight (EY-101) of the Etihad Airways carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members departed from Abu Dhabi International Airport at 10:45 local time today (Sunday) after a one-day stopover in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi.

The Prime Minister will arrive in John F Kennedy International Airport in New York at 4:25pm local time on Sunday where Bangladesh Ambassador to USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Masud Bin Momen will welcome her.

On September 23, Sheikh Hasina along with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will co-chair the Multistakeholder Panel to be held in parallel to the high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage at ECOSOC.


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