PM reaches Madrid to attend COP25
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Madrid yesterday to attend the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25).
The world’s annual climate summit, COP25, will be held in Madrid on December 2-13 under the UN framework convention on climate change.
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the PM and her entourage landed at Madrid Torrejon Airport at 5:40pm (local time).
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the World Tourism Organisation Hassan Mahmood Khandker received the PM at the airport.
Earlier, the flight took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:15am (Bangladesh time).
The PM will attend the inaugural ceremony of the COP25, its general roundtable titled “National Plans to Increase Ambition by 2020’ at Feria de Madrid this morning.
After attending the official luncheon, she will again participate in the working session of the COP25 -- Dialogue between governments and civil society titled, “Enhancing Action Together” -- in the afternoon.
On the sidelines of the climate summit, Hasina will have meetings with Netherlands PM Mark Rutte and Spanish President Pedro Sánchez here.
Later in the evening, she will attend the reception to be hosted by the King and Queen of Spain at the Royal Palace.
On December 2, the PM will deliver her speech at Heads of State and Government Summit highlighting climate change and Bangladesh’s position.
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