PM reaches London
Monday, 21 July 2014
LONDON: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm reception here Monday as she arrived at the Heathrow Airport on a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom to attend the first-ever Girl Summit and hold talks with her British counterpart David William Donald Cameroon, according to a news agency.
The Bangladesh Prime Minister is visiting the UK at the invitation of her British counterpart David Cameron and Unicef Executive Director Anthony Lake.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Sheikh Hasina and her entourage landed at Heathrow International Airport in London at about 3.30 pm (London time).
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK and Northern Ireland Mijarul Quayes, DFID International Affairs Director Anthony Smith and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson received the Prime Minister. A bouquet was also presented to Sheikh Hasina.
Earlier, she left Dhaka for London this morning by the VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 9:45 am (BST).
Cabinet members and civil and military high officials saw her off at the airport.
Sheikh Hasina is leading a 57-member Bangladesh delegation to the summit being hosted jointly by British government and Unicef. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki are, among others, in the Bangladesh delegation.