Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is welcomed by Thailand Minister-in-Attendance Puangpet Chunlaiad at Don Mueang International Airport upon her arrival in Bangkok on Wednesday to attend the 80th session of the UN ESCAP. — PID BANGKOK, April 24: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a red-carpet reception as she arrived in the Thai capital Wednesday on a six-day visit when she would have bilateral talks and attend an ESCAP meet.
As she flew in at the Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, at 01:08 pm (local time), the premier was received by Puangpet Chunlaiad, Minister attached to the Thai Prime Minister's Office.
She was given a guard of honour and a 19-gun salute at the airport.
Earlier, the Bangladesh premier left Dhaka by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 10:13 am (BD time) to pay the six-day tour, which is both bilateral and multilateral, report agencies.
During her visit on April 24-29, the premier will hold bilateral talks with Thai PM Thavisin and also attend the 80th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Bangladesh and Thailand will sign a number of cooperation documents , including a letter of intent on negotiations for a free-trade agreement between the two countries.
Bangladesh and Thailand are likely to sign an agreement on visa exemption for official passport -holders, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation while two more MoUs on tourism-sector cooperation and duty -related mutual cooperation to expand the relations, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud told a media briefing on Monday.
On April 26, Bangladesh Prime Minister will be formally received by her Thai counterpart, Srettha Thavisin, while a ceremonial guard of honor will be accorded to her.
The same day, the Bangladesh premier will hold bilateral talks with PM Thavisin at the Government House (Prime Minister's Office) following a one-on-one between the two leaders, witness the signing of the documents, participate in a joint press conference and then attend a state lunch to be hosted by her Thai counterpart in her honour there.
During the visit, the prime minister will have a Royal audience of Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Suthida Bajrasudhabim-alalakshan, King and Queen of the Kingdom of Thailand, at the Palace.
In her multilateral engagement, Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to attend the 80th Session of ESCAP and deliver a speech on April 25.
The same day, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ESCAP Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjabana will call on the prime minister.
The prime minister is expected to return home on April 29.
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