PM returns home from Azerbaijan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday evening, wrapping up her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:20pm. Earlier, the flight took off from Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 11:10am (local time). Azerbaijan Minister for Education Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov saw the Prime Minister off at the airport.

On Thursday, Sheikh Hasina went to Azerbaijan to attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The two-day summit of NAM, a forum of 120 developing countries, was held at Baku Congress Centre in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku on October 25-26.

On the sidelines of the NAM Summit, Sheikh Hasina had separate meetings with a number of NAM leaders, including Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Algeria’s acting President Abdelkader Bensalah.

During the visit, a bilateral meeting was held between the Bangladesh Prime Minister and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. Following the bilateral meeting, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan signed a cultural assistance agreement to boost cultural ties between the two countries.

PM returns home from Azerbaijan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday evening, wrapping up her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:20pm. Earlier, the flight took off from Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 11:10am (local time). Azerbaijan Minister for Education Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov saw the Prime Minister off at the airport. On Thursday, Sheikh Hasina went to Azerbaijan to attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The two-day summit of NAM, a forum of 120 developing countries, was held at Baku Congress Centre in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku on October 25-26. On the sidelines of the NAM Summit, Sheikh Hasina had separate meetings with a number of NAM leaders, including Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Algerias acting President Abdelkader Bensalah. During the visit, a bilateral meeting was held between the Bangladesh Prime Minister and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. Following the bilateral meeting, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan signed a cultural assistance agreement to boost cultural ties between the two countries.