Cambodian PM in city
Monday, 16 June 2014
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning on a 3-day official visit to Bangladesh. A special aircraft of the Kingdom of Cambodia carrying the Cambodian Prime Minister and members of his entourage landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport around 10:00am. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received him at the airport in Kurmitola. Hun Sen has been leading a delegation comprising his Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, and other members of the Royal government of Cambodia. Cambodia is likely to sign three agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh during Prime Minister Hun Sen’s tour. The Cambodian premier is visiting at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina who visited Cambodia in 2001. This is the highest-level visit from Cambodia to Bangladesh. Hun Sen will visit the National Mausoleum at Savar around 3:10pm and will pay tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War placing wreaths there. He will also plant a tree over there. From there, he will go to Dhaka Export Processing Zone (EPZ) at 4:50pm where BEPZA Chairman Mohd Habibur Rahman Khan will receive him, a Foreign Ministry official has said. The Cambodian premier will visit the city’s Buddha Bihar in the evening. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will host dinner in honour of Cambodian PM and members of his delegation at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, according to a news agency.