Hasina-Lee meeting

Senior Correspondent: Visiting South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has held a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this afternoon.

The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office around 4:30 pm on Sunday.

Earlier, the prime minister received Lee Nak-yon at the Tiger Gate of the PMO at 4:15 pm by presenting a bouquet.

Later, the two premiers had a tete-a-tete at the PMO. Representatives of both the countries under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina and Lee Nak-yon initiated the official talks after the tete-a-tete.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted a dinner in honour of her South Korean counterpart Lee Nak-yon at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka.

The South Korean Prime Minister paid rich tributes to the liberation war martyrs of Bangladesh by placing a wreath at the National Memorial at Savar on Sunday morning.

Lee arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon on a three-day official visit. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received him at the Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport.

He will pay homage to the memories of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi in the capital tomorrow morning (Monday).

Later, he is expected to leave Dhaka for home at 11:00 am.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/July 14, 2019/Reza/AI