A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tokyo this afternoon on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.
A special chartered VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the Haneda International Airport, Tokyo at 4.45pm (local time).
State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan TAKEI Shunsuke and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed received the Prime Minister at the airport.
The Prime Minister was given the static guard of honour at the airport.
Earlier, the flight departed from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 07.56am (BST) on the first leg of her 15-day official visit to Japan, the USA and the UK.
A ceremonial motorcade with a 30 minutes ride on road took her to the Akasaka Palace of Residence, Tokyo where she will stay during her Japan visit.
Dhaka is expected to sign around eight deals with Tokyo in the visit
"In the presence of the two prime ministers (Bangladesh and Japan), nearly eight Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) are likely to be signed between the two countries," foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said in a curtain raiser briefing at the foreign ministry here on Monday.
He said the deals on agriculture, metro rail, industrial upgrade, ship recycling, customs matters, intellectual properties; defence cooperation, ICT and cyber security cooperation will be signed during the visit in Japan.
Momen said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a curtsey call on Emperor of Japan Naruhito on April 26.
On the same day, she will hold a bilateral meeting with her Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida after the signing of the deals.
The meeting will conclude with a dinner at the residence of the Prime Minister of Japan, said the foreign minister.
During the visit to Japan, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is also scheduled to attend an investment summit and a community reception.
She will also hand over the "Friends of Liberation War Honour" to four Japanese nationals for their contribution to Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971, Momen said.
On April 27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will deliver her speech as the chief guest at a Bangladesh business summit jointly organized by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and JETRO in Tokyo.
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