Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi arrived in Dhaka on Friday.
After his arrival, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen welcomed him at Bangladesh Airforce Base Bangabandhu.
The Saudi commerce minister is visiting Bangladesh to attend the “Bangladesh Business Summit-2023”.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the three-day summit at 10am on Saturday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC). She will also inaugurate the “Best of Bangladesh Expo” on the same day.
Ministers from seven countries including the United Kingdom (UK), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), China, Bhutan, the United Arab Emirates, CEOs of 12 multinational companies, and more than 200 foreign investors and business leaders from 17 countries of the world are also going to participate in the summit.