PM arrives in Brussels to attend Global Gateway Forum

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Brussels yesterday evening for a three-day official visit to Belgium to attend the "Global Gateway Forum" from October 25 to 26.

She is in Brussels at the invitation of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at the Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Belgium at 6:30pm (local time).

Bangladesh Ambassador to Belgium Mahbub Hassan Saleh received the prime minister at the airport.

Earlier, the flight departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:10am.

During the visit, the prime minister will have a number of meetings with leaders of European countries on the sidelines of the forum.

She is scheduled to return home on October 27.