PM Hasina reaches London en route to New York

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hasThursday reached London en route to New York to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage landed at London Stansted International Airport at 5 pm local time, reports UNB.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem received her at the airport.

Earlier, the flight departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:35am.

Hasina will leave London for New York immediately after joining the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on September 19. She will stay in the USA till October 02.

She will join the opening session of the UNGA debate on September 20 and will address the 77th UN general assembly on September 23 (between 4:30pm and 5:30pm local time) in the United Nations headquarters in New York.

While in New York, she will also hold talks with a number of leaders and attend different high-level events from September 20 to 24.

On September 20, Hasina is scheduled to attend the reception to be hosted by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the opening session of 77th UNGA debate, the reception to be hosted by US president Joe Biden and an event titled ‘the UNGA Platform of Women Leaders.’

On September 23, the Prime Minister will deliver her address at the 77th UNGA general debate.