Macron arrives in Dhaka
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit from New Delhi, where he attended the G20 summit.
A Republique Francaise Airbus A330-200 plane carrying him landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:15pm.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who also returned from New Delhi in the afternoon, received him at the airport.
Macron is visiting Bangladesh at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who visited Paris in November 2021.
From the airport, Macron will head towards Hotel InterContinental where Prime Minster Hasina will host an official dinner in honour of the French President.
He will also enjoy a cultural show performed by the artistes of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The French president is then scheduled to visit the Dhanmondi Lake and take a walk there before meeting the popular band, Joler Gaan, and interact with the musicians, including lyricist Rahul Anand.
Tomorrow morning, he will pay homage to the memory of Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32 and visit the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum.
Hasina and Macron will then hold a bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's Office.
It is the first visit of a French president to Bangladesh in 33 years. Previously, former French president François Mitterrand visited Bangladesh in 1990.
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