PM reaches Dubai en route home

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DUBAI,UAE, June 12, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina arrived here this morning on her way back home wrapping up a 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
landed at Dubai International Airport at 11:35 am local time (1:35 pm BST).

Bangladesh Ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mohammad Imran received
the prime minister at the airport.

After making a five-hour stopover, the prime minister will leave Dubai for
home at 4:45 pm local time by another Emirates flight.

The flight is scheduled to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in
Dhaka at 11:20 pm Bangladesh time today.

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.

The prime minister held a meeting with Special Envoy of Canada on Myanmar
Bob Rae at her hotel The Ritz Carlton on Monday morning.

Sheikh Hasina also had 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 departing Toronto, the prime minister held a meeting with President
and CEO of Commercial Corporation of Canada (CCC) Martin Zablocki at her
hotel.