Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Tokyo for Saudi Arabia—the second destination of her tri-nation tour—wrapping up her four-day visit to Japan.
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines—carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage—departed Haneda International Airport, Tokyo around 9:45 am (local time) on Friday, reports UNB.
Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshiko Abe saw her off at the airport.
The flight will land at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at 5:25pm (local time).
During her three-day stay in Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister will attend the 14th session of the OIC's Islamic Summit that Saudi Arabia is hosting in Makkah. The summit, titled “Makkah Summit: Together for the Future,” aims to develop a unified stance on events in the Islamic world.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the opening ceremony of the OIC summit on Friday evening.
On Saturday, she will attend the first working session at 12:30am and the second working session at 1:30am.
The prime minister will attend the closing session at 2:30am and then join the Suhoor Banquet at Safa Palace. Later in the evening, she will perform Umrah.
On Sunday morning, the prime minister will leave Jeddah for Madina by air and offer Fateha at the Rawza Mubarak (grave) of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). In the evening, she will depart Madinah for Jeddah by air.
On the morning of June 3, the premier will leave Jeddah for Helsinki, Finland via Frankfurt. She will land at Helsinki at 1pm (local time), where she will stay till June 7.
During her stay in Finland, Sheikh Hasina will meet with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on June 4.
On June 8, the Prime Minister is scheduled to return home, wrapping up her 12-day tri-nation visit.
Previously, on May 28, the Prime Minister left Dhaka for Japan to attend the Nikkei International Conference on “The Future of Asia.”
During the prime minister's stay in Japan, the two countries signed the 40th ODA deal—worth $2.5 billion—after a bilateral meeting between Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzō Abe, on Wednesday.
Additionally, she attended a community reception accorded to her and attended a breakfast roundtable meeting with Japanese business leaders.
Also the family members of the Japanese Holey Artisan attack victims, and JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka, separately met Sheikh Hasina there.
