Berlin, Oct 22-Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Berlin on a five-day official visit to Germany to attend the World Health Summit-2011.
She touched down at Tegel International Airport on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 15:40 local time on Saturday.
High officials of German foreign ministry received her at the airport. The Bangladesh ambassador to Germany was present there. Later the prime minister was brought to Adolph on a motorcade where she was greeted by the Bangladeshi expatriates.
She left for Berlin from Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday at 5:30am, officials at the foreign ministry said.
Health and family welfare minister Ruhal Haque, foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni and Ambassador-At-Large M Ziauddin are accompanying the prime minister.
Apart from addressing the World Health Summit on Sunday as the keynote speaker, the prime minister during her visit will have official talks with German chancellor Angela Markel on Oct 25. They will both hold a press conference after the meeting.
At that time Hasina will be given the German federal military honour.
The prime minister's visit to Berlin is a bilateral one and entire gamut of bilateral relations will be reviewed during the summit meeting. The visit will bear special significance for Bangladesh-German bilateral relations.
Germany is the biggest economy in Europe and one of the largest commercial partners and development partners of Bangladesh.
Two joint declarations of intent, one on adaptation and mitigation on climate change and the other on cooperation in the field of health, as proposed by the German side, are likely to be signed during the visit.
On Oct 24, Hasina will speak to a business forum titled "Emerging Market-Bangladesh" organised by German Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce. Leading German business leaders and potential investors will participate in the event.
Later, she will visit German Bundestag (parliament) and call on its president. In the evening, the German South Asian Parliamentary Group will host a dinner in her honour.
She is expected to return home on Oct 26.
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