PM to attend summit of Arabic Islamic US leaders

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina would attend Arabic Islamic American Summit in Riyadh on May 21 at the invitation of Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, officials said. 
The US president Donald Trump, Jordan king Abdallah, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Iraqi president Fuad Masum, Algerian president Abdulaziz Bouteflika, Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou, Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Bahraini king Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Morocco king Mohammed VI and Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi are expected to join the summit, according to Arab News.
Sheikh Hasina would leave Dhaka on May 20. 
King Salman sent invitations to several Arab and Islamic leaders, inviting them to attend the Arab, Islamic and US summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia.
Bangladesh ambassador to KSA Golam Moshi told New Age they were expecting calls on of the prime minister on the sidelines of the summit. 
Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque are expected to accompany the prime minister in the tour. 
Saudi culture and information minister Awad Bin-Saleh Al-Awad handed over the invitation letter to prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence on Tuesday night.
Trump is expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia in the third week of this month on his debut foreign visit since taking office in January.

 

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