France has formally announced President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Bangladesh on September 10 that will focus on cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, deepening bilateral trade relations, and climate change.

He will travel to Dhaka after attending the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 and is scheduled to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Hasina, who will also take part in the summit and meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi possibly on September 8, will return to Dhaka from New Delhi on September 10 and welcome the French president.

"It will also be an opportunity to deepen our bilateral relations with a country that is experiencing rapid economic growth and seeking to diversify its partnerships," says the official Facebook page of the French embassy in Dhaka.

The statement says Bangladesh and France show great convergence in the face of global challenges, particularly within the framework of the Paris Agenda for Peoples and the Planet, which Bangladesh actively supports.

"Since the country is particularly vulnerable to climate change, the president will recall France's determination to stand by Bangladesh on its humanitarian front, in particular in the face of regular floods."

The French embassy said Bangladesh is also an important contributor to international solidarity actions, whether through its contingents in peacekeeping operations or in hosting Rohingya refugees.

About Macron's attending the G20 summit, the embassy said it will allow the president to maintain the constant dialogue with his counterparts from all continents.

"It will also be a matter of advancing the implementation of joint responses to the major global challenges. This can only be tackled effectively through multilateral action: peace and stability, the fight against poverty, climate and planet preservation, food security and digital regulation."

The G20 will also be an opportunity to follow up on the summit for a New Global Financing Pact held in Paris last June. This summit allowed to establish the Paris Agenda for Peoples and the Planet, offering a framework for collective action to ensure that no country has to choose between the fight against poverty and the planet protection, the statement added.