PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND ARRIVES DHAKA ON 4-DAY VISIT

February 05, 2018 0
President of Switzerland arrives Dhaka on 4-day visit
A red carpet was rolled out as the President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset arrived Dhaka-Bangladesh on a four-day official visit on Sunday, the first official visit by any Swiss president to Bangladesh.
President Abdul Hamid received his Swiss counterpart as he arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by an aircraft of Swiss Air Force at 1:14pm.
President Abdul Hamid received his Swiss counterpart
Cabinet members, including foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and state minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam, dean of diplomatic corps, chiefs of three services, Inspector general of police, secretary concerned to the president, among others, were present.

A smartly turned out contingent comprising members of Bangladesh Army, Air Force and Bangladesh Navy gave guard of honour to the Swiss president. He was welcomed with a 21-gun salute.

Two children presented bouquets to president Berset.

After the warm reception at the airport, the Swiss president was taken to Sonargaon Hotel in a ceremonial motorcade where he will be staying during the visit.

After arrive Swiss president tweet in Bangla 


President Berset will visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesdayand listen to stories of tortures from Rohingyas.

Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali will meet the Swiss president at Sonargaon Hotel at 6:00pm on Sunday.

On Monday, president Berset will visit Savar National Mausoleum to pay homage to the martyrs of the War of Independence.

He will also visit Bangabandhu Museum at Dhanmondi to pay respect to the country’s founding president Sheikh MujiburRahman.

The Swiss president will have official talks with prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Monday afternoon.

President Abdul Hamid will host dinner in honour of his Swiss counterpart at Bangabhaban on Monday evening.

There will be two main focuses — solidarity with a country that is severely affected by the crisis in neighbouring Myanmar and the establishment of closer bilateral relations, says the Swiss embassy in Dhaka.

Apart from underscoring the current status of bilateral relations, the two countries will discuss ways to further strengthen economic, development and cultural cooperation during the visit.

Besides, solidarity with Bangladesh over the Rohingya crisis will be a major focus of the talks, according to the Swiss Embassy.

On Tuesday, Berset will visit the Kutupalong camp in the Cox’s Bazar, where Switzerland provides humanitarian aid to refugees from the Rohingya ethnic group who have fled Myanmar.

During his stay in Bangladesh, Berset will meet civil society representatives, Swiss businesses active in Bangladesh, and visit the Dhaka Art Summit, of which the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is a partner.

Switzerland and Bangladesh enjoy longstanding relations in the area of development cooperation. Bangladesh is a priority country in Swiss development cooperation.
Before his visit he expressed on tweet at 3rd Feb  how important his visit in Bangladesh he said "I will travel to Bangladesh from February 4 to 7.  Bangladesh is a priority country of Swiss development cooperation 🇧🇩🇨🇭"

At the same time, the bilateral economic relations are growing.The volume of trade between the two countries has more than doubled since 2010.
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