Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left here for Johannesburg to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held on August 22-25 at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“A regular flight of the Emirates Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 10:30am today,” Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.
The flight is scheduled to land at the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, at 8:50pm (local time) after making over one hour stopover at the Dubai International Airport in UAE.
South Africa is hosting the historic 15th Summit of BRICS nations –- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
It will be the first BRICS Summit to be hosted in person since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent global restrictions.
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to attend the summit.বিস্তারিত