Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Jakarta on Monday morning on a three-day official visit to Indonesia to attend the Leaders’ Summit in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).

During the visit, the Prime Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Jakarta at about 8:55am (BST).

The flight is scheduled to land at Halim Pardana Kusuma International Airport, Jakarta at 3:00pm (local time).

Female Empowerment and Children Protection Minister Yohana Susana and Bangladesh Ambassador to Indonesia Major General Azmal Kabir will receive the Prime Minister at the airport.

Sheikh Hasina will then go through a ceremonial motorcade to Hotel Shangri-La at Central Jakarta City, a special capital region of Jakarta, where she will be staying during her visit.

On the first day of her tour, the Prime Minister will attend the Leaders’ Welcoming Dinner at the Plenary Hall of Jakarta Convention Center (JCC). On the 2nd day on Tuesday, Hasina will join the opening ceremony at the Assembly Hall-3 of the Jakarta Convention Centre.

She will later attend the opening session of the summit on ‘Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work’.

Sheikh Hasina will then attend the general debate on ‘Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable, and Prosperous Indian Ocean Rim’ and deliver her statement in the event.

The Prime Minister will join the social lunch to be hosted for the heads of delegation, and then hold bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. She will hold another bilateral meeting with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.

Sheikh Hasina is also expected to join the closing ceremony of the summit.

After concluding her three-day visit, Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to depart Halim Pardana Kusuma International Airport, Jakarta for Dhaka 10:30am Indonesia time on Wednesday by a VVIP flight of Biman. The Biman flight carrying the Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 2:40pm (BST) the same day.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, PM’s Principal Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, and a 60-member business delegation, headed by FBCCI President Abdul Matlub Ahmed, are accompanying the Prime Minister.