DHAKA, Feb 19, 2023 (BSS) - Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will leave 
here for the United States (US) tonight for weeklong visit. 

The foreign minister will inaugurate a newly constructed Shaheed Minar in the 
city of Paris, Los Angeles, a foreign ministry official told BSS today.
 
The Shaheed Minar has been built under a joint initiative of expatriate 
Bangladeshis and the city authority of Paris, he added. 
 
The minister is expected to return home on February 26 after visiting New 
York, said the official.
 
Momen will also inaugurate a Bangladesh Corner at a public library there 
while he is scheduled to deliver a lecture on climate change, foreign 
ministry's spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told the reporters during a weekly 
briefing on Thursday.

On February 23, Momen will attend several meetings at the UN headquarters in 
New York, Seheli added.