PM returns home tomorrow

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DHAKA, June 11, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home tomorrow night wrapping up her four-day official visit to Canada to attend the outreach session of G7 Summit.

The prime minister joined the outreach session of the G7 Summit at the invitation of her Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau.

An Emirates flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart Pearson International Airport in Toronto at 2:30 pm Toronto time today (12:30 am Bangladesh time on Tuesday).

The prime minister is scheduled to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here via Dubai at 11:20 pm tomorrow.

Sheikh Hasina will have a five-hour stopover in Dubai.

The prime minister joined the outreach session of the G7 Summit at Hotel Le Manoir Richelieu in Quebec on Saturday.

She joined the G7 Outreach Session with 16 other world dignitaries beyond the Group of Seven (G7), a platform of the world’s seven largest advanced economies – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

She also held a meeting with Justine Trudeau on Sunday morning at her place of residence at Hotel Chateau Frontenac.

On Friday, Sheikh Hasina attended a dinner hosted by the Governor General of Canada in honour of heads of state and government who took part in the G7 Summit and outreach programme.

From Quebec, Sheikh Hasina returned to Toronto on Sunday and addressed a reception accorded to her by Canada chapter of Awami League on Sunday afternoon.

The prime minister is scheduled to hold a meeting with Special Envoy of Canada on Myanmar Bob Rae at her hotel The Ritz Carlton on Monday morning (Toronto time).

Sheikh Hasina will also have a meeting with Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan and Minister for Trade and Export Development Gordon Wyant Q.C. and Minister of Immigration and career Training of Saskatchewan Jeremy Harrison and business leaders of Saskatchewan Province.

Before leaving Toronto, the prime minister will hold a meeting with President and CEO of Commercial Corporation of Canada (CCC) Martin Zablocki at her hotel.