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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Dubai on Monday afternoon en route to Paris on a three-day official visit to France.
An Emirates flight carrying the prime minister and members of her entourage landed at Dubai International Airport at 1:20 pm (local time).
She is on the way to Paris on a three-day official visit to France to attend the One Planet Summit.
Sheikh Hasina will join summit at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to reach the Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris on Monday evening.
Bangladesh Ambassador to France Kazi Imtiaz Hossain will receive the Prime Minister at the airport.
Then Sheikh Hasina will be taken to Intercontinental Paris Le Grand (Opera) where she will stay during the visit.
The summit will kick off at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, located at Ile Senguin Island in the western suburbs of the French capital on Tuesday.
Over 100 world leaders along with 2,000 participants from non-governmental organisations, foundations, public and private sectors are expected to join the summit for accelerating the common goals to fight climate change challenges.
On Tuesday evening, the Bangladesh prime minister will attend the High-Level Segment of the One Planet Summit at La Seine Musicale.
After returning from the summit, the premier will join a community event at her place of residence.
Apart from this, the Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with France President Emmanuel Macron at Élysée Palace on Tuesday morning.
She will also join a lunch to be hosted by the French president for the heads of the state and government, co-organisers and VIPs of the summit at Élysée Palace.
Sheikh Hasina will depart Paris on Wednesday evening and reach home on Thursday afternoon.