PM reaches Scotland to attend COP26
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Scotland yesterday as she embarked on a two-week visit to the United Kingdom and France to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and other events.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and her entourage, landed at Glasgow International Airport in Scotland at 2:55pm (local time).
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem received her at the airport.
Earlier, the aircraft took off from Dhaka airport at 9:12am.
During the visit, Hasina will also attend the Bangladesh Investment Summit and hand over "Unesco-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy".
Besides, she will hold bilateral meetings with British PM Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron apart from other heads of state and government.
The premier will also hold a meeting with the UK's Prince Charles during her visit.
Hasina will stay in Scotland before leaving for London on November 3. Then she will leave London for Paris on November 9. She is expected to return home on November 14.
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