CA curtails planned visit to Kampala
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed will curtail his visit to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Kampala, Uganda, between November 23 and November 25 in view of the situation caused by Cyclone Sidr.
The Chief Adviser is expected to leave country tomorrow (Wednesday) to attend the Commonwealth summit.
In reply to a question, Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told UNB Monday that the visit had been cut short.
He said the Chief Adviser would stay for one and a half days in Kampala, which will enable him to meet a number of Commonwealth leaders and apprise them of the country's post-cyclone situation.
Chowdhury said the Chief Adviser's remarks in Kampala on natural disaster in Bangladesh would be in the context of the effect of climate change in the area on which Bangladesh is playing a leading role.
It had been planned that the foreign adviser would represent the Chief Adviser for the rest of the summit, but later it was decided that he would also return home with the Chief Adviser on November 25.
The Chief Adviser is expected to leave country tomorrow (Wednesday) to attend the Commonwealth summit.
In reply to a question, Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told UNB Monday that the visit had been cut short.
He said the Chief Adviser would stay for one and a half days in Kampala, which will enable him to meet a number of Commonwealth leaders and apprise them of the country's post-cyclone situation.
Chowdhury said the Chief Adviser's remarks in Kampala on natural disaster in Bangladesh would be in the context of the effect of climate change in the area on which Bangladesh is playing a leading role.
It had been planned that the foreign adviser would represent the Chief Adviser for the rest of the summit, but later it was decided that he would also return home with the Chief Adviser on November 25.