IPU Secretary General Anda Filip leaves Dhaka

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretary General Anda Filip left Dhaka on Wednesday (September 2) after concluding her visit to Bangladesh.

Filip arrived in Dhaka on August 30, said a press release of parliament secretariat.

During her visit, she held meetings with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikrom, Leader of the Opposition Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed, women parliamentarians and politically persecuted parliamentarians.

During the meetings, she emphasized democratic reconstruction in Bangladesh and the expansion of cordial relations among parliamentarians.


The IPU Secretary General also visited the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum.

Additional Secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat and relevant officials of the Secretariat saw her off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

Source: BSS