Staff correspondent :<\/p>\n
A red carpet was rolled out to accord warm reception to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she arrived in Bangkok this\u00a0 afternoon on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin.<\/p>\n
On her arrival at 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.<\/p>\n
She was given a guard of honour and a 19-round gun-salute at the airport.<\/p>\n
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 a bilateral and multilateral visit.<\/p>\n
During her visit on April 24-29, the Bangladesh premier will hold bilateral talks with PM Thavisin and also attend the 80th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
On the same day, the Bangladesh premier will hold bilateral talks with PM Thavisin at the Government House (Prime Minister’s Office) following a tete-a-tete 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.<\/p>\n
During the visit, the prime minister will have a Royal audience of Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshan, King and Queen of the Kingdom of Thailand at the Palace.<\/p>\n
In her multilateral engagement, Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to attend the 80th Session of ESCAP and deliver a speech on April 25.<\/p>\n
On the same day, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ESCAP Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjabana will call on the prime minister.<\/p>\n
The premier is expected to return home on April 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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