PM joins Munich Security Conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday joined the three-day Munich Security Conference, world's most important independent forum for exchanging views by international security and policy decision makers on international security challenges, that began at Bayerischer Hof hotel in German city of Munich, reports BSS.
Some 500 decision-makers from across the globe, including more than 25 heads of state and government, 47 foreign ministers, 30 defense ministers, UN Secretary General and 90 parliamentarians are taking part in the conference.
This year, relations between the US and Europe, and among European states, Trump, Brexit, EU and NATO crises remain at the center of discussions, officials said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who reached there earlier in the day at the invitation of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the conference, joined the inaugural ceremony of the convention.
Chairman of the conference Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger formally opened the conference followed by opening statements of German and US defense ministers- Ursula von der Leyen and James N. Mattis. German Chancellor, US Vice a President, UN Secretary-General, presidents of Poland and Afghanistan, Prime Minister of Norway and foreign ministers of Russia, China, UK, Saudi Arabia and Iran attended the opening session.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take part in a high level discussion today and deliver speech highlighting security issues like climate change, water, food and migration, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).  

 

PM joins Munich Security Conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday joined the three-day Munich Security Conference, worlds most important independent forum for exchanging views by international security and policy decision makers on international security challenges, that began at Bayerischer Hof hotel in German city of Munich, reports BSS. Some 500 decision-makers from across the globe, including more than 25 heads of state and government, 47 foreign ministers, 30 defense ministers, UN Secretary General and 90 parliamentarians are taking part in the conference. This year, relations between the US and Europe, and among European states, Trump, Brexit, EU and NATO crises remain at the center of discussions, officials said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who reached there earlier in the day at the invitation of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the conference, joined the inaugural ceremony of the convention. Chairman of the conference Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger formally opened the conference followed by opening statements of German and US defense ministers- Ursula von der Leyen and James N. Mattis. German Chancellor, US Vice a President, UN Secretary-General, presidents of Poland and Afghanistan, Prime Minister of Norway and foreign ministers of Russia, China, UK, Saudi Arabia and Iran attended the opening session. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take part in a high level discussion today and deliver speech highlighting security issues like climate change, water, food and migration, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).