Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been invited to visit Bangladesh in September this year.
"We have invited him (Trudeau). He will visit India in September to attend the G-20 summit. If he is able to come here at that time, that would be great," the foreign minister told reporters after a meeting with Canadian International Development Minister Harjit S Sajjan on Monday.
Referring to Trudeau's popularity in Bangladesh, Momen said: "The prime minister of Canada visited Bangladesh as a child. His name is popular in Bangladesh.”
Justin Trudeau visited Bangladesh in 1983 with his father, former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
About the invitation, Harjit S Sajjan said that he will personally convey the invitation to his prime minister .
He said: “He (Trudeau) always remembers visiting Bangladesh with his father. I know he will really want to come here if the opportunity arises.”
In March 2021, Trudeau sent a video message commemorating the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence, recalling his first visit to Bangladesh as a child.
The prime minister of Canada said: "My father and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had a strong relationship which was initiated by Canada's support for an independent Bangladesh."
