SDC DG due in city on Sunday
Director General of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Martin Dahinden is due to arrive on a five-day visit to Bangladesh on Sunday, says a press release.
This is his first official visit to Bangladesh and the first high-level visit from Switzerland after the present government has come to the power.
Dahinden is scheduled to meet state minister for foreign affairs and finance minister to discuss bilateral development issues.
He will also meet a number of civil society, NGO, business and donor representatives and visit several SDC-funded programmes in Rajshahi division.
Dahinden took over as SDC director general in May 2008.
SDC is a Swiss international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Bangladesh is one of the 17 priority countries of SDC.
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