President M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka on Sunday to attend the five-day summit of the World Investment Forum 2018 on October 22-26 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the United Nations Headquarters in Europe.
“The president will fly to Switzerland tomorrow [Sunday] night to take part in the Global Leaders’ Investment Summit and the 20th annual session of the Homeland and Global Security,” the president’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin was quoted by BSS in a report on Saturday.
A regular flight of Emirates airline carrying the president will fly to Geneva on Sunday night, Joynal Abedin further added.
The summit convenes heads of state and government, ministers and CEOs of global companies to share their vision for the future, he said quoting a foreign ministry source.
The World Investment Forum biennially draws more than 4,000 investment stakeholders from 160 countries, the source said.
Organized under the overall theme “Investing in Sustainable Development,” the forum will address global challenges for international investment in the new era of globalization and industrialization.
The 2018 forum consists of over 50 events, including the Grand Opening, the Global Leaders Investment Summit, the Global Investment Game Changers Summit, ministerial round-table meetings, conferences, private sector-led sessions, TED-style presentations, high-profile stakeholder round-table meetings, networking events, award ceremonies and an Investment Village, the press secretary said.
“The president will return to Dhaka on October 27,” he added.
