Qatar Amir to arrive in Dhaka today on two-day visit

Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani will arrive in Dhaka today (April 22) on a two-day official visit.

According to President's Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin, a special aircraft, carrying the Amir of Qatar and his entourage members, is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal (R.) International Airport (HISA) at 5.00pm on Monday.

At the invitation of Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Amir of Qatar will visit Bangladesh from April 22 to 23.

President Shahabuddin will welcome the Amir through a state ceremony.

This is the first high-level state visit of a leader of any Middle East country after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed office in January 2024.

After the ceremony at the airport, the Amir of Qatar will go to the Le Méridien Hotel along with his entourages.

Later in the morning of April 23, Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud will pay a courtesy call on the Amir of Qatar. Then the Amir of Qatar will have a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Shimul room of the prime minister’s office. They will have tete-a-tete (one-to-one) meeting too.

President Shahabuddin will host a lunch in honor of the Amir of Qatar at Durbar Hall of the Bangabhaban.

Six agreements and five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) are likely to be signed between the two countries during the Dhaka visit.