BANGLADESH NEWS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Saturday evening after attending the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-044) carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 6:18pm.
Cabinet members, party leaders and high government officials received her at the VVIP Lounge of the airport.
Earlier, the Prime Minister left Tehran for Dhaka at about 11:55 am (Iran Time).
Bangladesh Ambassador in Tehran Khandakar Abdus Sattar, Iranian Minister for Judiciary Morteza Bakhtiari and high government officials saw her off at the airport.
During the four-day visit, the premier delivered her speech in the NAM Summit calling upon its leaders to put pressure on the United Nations and International Financial Institutions for reforms to ensure fair, democratic and balanced decisions at different levels.
Sheikh Hasina on Friday chaired a session on general discussion on the 16th Summit of NAM.
Apart from attending the NAM summit, Hasina had talks on the sidelines with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Iranian President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa discussing bilateral, regional and international issues.
Hasina also had a meeting with Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai when she renewed Bangladesh’s proposal for setting up a hydropower plant in joint venture with Nepal.
Hasina also called on Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khameni at his residence and stressed the need for the unity of the Muslim Ummah.
The Prime Minister also met President of Benin Tomas Yaji Boni, Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Thinley, Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader Al Halqi, Foreign Minister of Bahrain Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed, Foreign Minister of the Maldives Dr Ahmed Shaheed, Jordanian Prince Hassan Bin Talal, Mohamoud Jirdeh Hussein Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Youth and Sports of Somalia, Deputy Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Executive Director of South center Martin Khor.
The two-day main summit of NAM, a grouping of 120 countries, started on Thursday at the OIC Convention Centre in Tehran and ended on Friday adopting the Tehran Declaration.
Hasina along with other heads of state and government also joined a dinner hosted by Iranian President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Permanent International Exhibition Centre in Tehran.
