Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today arrived here on a three-day official visit to Italy to attend the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment.

A regular commercial flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Rome Fiumicino Airport at 01:40pm local time (05:40pm BST)after making around one hour stopover at Hamad International Airport in Doha of Qatar.

Earlier, the flight departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 05:05am (BST).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is joining the United Nations Food Systems +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) conference at the invitation of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ant¢nio Guterres.

The UNFSS+2 conference will be held at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy on July 24-26 with the theme “Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity: Diverse Pathways in a Shared Journey”.

In a media briefing on July 20, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) – “Cooperation in the Field of Energy” and “Cultural Exchange Programme” are likely to be signed between Bangladesh and Italy.বিস্তারিত