Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka on September 22 to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
“She is set to deliver her speech at the UNGA on September 27,” said an official of the foreign ministry. The assembly starts on September 17 and will end on October 2. The premier will leave New York on September 29 and reach Dhaka the following day.
Hasina was undecided about joining the UNGA until Tuesday when her Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad confirmed that that Hasina would present the government’s achievements in her UNGA speech. He also said the premier would hold meetings with leaders of other countries on the sidelines of the assembly.
The foreign ministry official said Bangladesh had sought sideline meetings with India and Myanmar. But as Myanmar President Thein Sein is not attending the UNGA, there would be no meeting with him.
“We have always had sideline meetings with India and we expect that this time too we will have the meeting with New Delhi,” he said adding that the meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to be finalised by next week.
Hasina would also seek an appointment with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to apprise him of her government’s position about a dialogue with the opposition and the next general elections.