President to lead Bangladesh contingent at ASEAN Summit

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (Monday) will leave for Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7, reports UNB.

A regular aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with his spouse Prof Dr Rebecca Sultana and other entourage members, is scheduled to depart from Hazrat Shahjalal (R.) International Airport for Jakarta at 08:30 am.

Chairperson of Bangladesh National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Saima Wazed and Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will also accompany the President during the visit.

At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia and ASEAN Chair for 2023 Joko Widodo, Press secretary Joynal Abedin said the President will attend the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit and the East Asia Summit at the Jakarta Convention Centre. With the theme of "Asean Matters: Epicentrum of Growth", the ASEAN Summit will be held with a hectic agenda for three days.

He, on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, will also attend the 'East Asia Summit' slated for September 07. Alongside, the President will deliver the concluding speech on "Strengthening Regional Architecture to Support the Epicentrum of Growth from the Perspective of IORA" as the "Guest of Chair" there.

He will also have separate bilateral meetings with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo and state leaders of Thailand, Malaysia and Timor-Leste.

On September 06, the President will attend a 'Gala Dinner' to be hosted by the Indonesian president at Hutan Kota Gelora Bung Karno.