PM Hasina talks to Obama, others on sidelines of G7 Outreach Meeting

Sheikh Hasina speaking to US President Barack Obama in a gap of the meeting.

Sheikh Hasina speaking to US President Barack Obama in a gap of the meeting.

Apart from leaders of G7 and Outreach countries, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and chiefs of World Bank, IMF and ADB attended the meeting in Japan on Friday.

Sheikh Hasina speaks to her British counterpart David Cameron in a bilateral meeting

Sheikh Hasina speaks to her British counterpart David Cameron in a bilateral meeting

Hasina met British Prime Minister David Cameron in a bilateral meeting after the inaugural session.

She is also scheduled to meet Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday.

Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said the prime minister discussed several issues with Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN chief Ban, and IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Friday.

“They talked in the corridor. As we say, the real talks take place in the corridors,” Haque said.

At the meeting, Hasina sat next to US President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Ban sat next to Renzi.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanging greetings with Hasina

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanging greetings with Hasina

Sheikh Hasina was seen speaking to Obama, Merkel and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in gaps of the meeting.

Her Principal Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said, “The prime minister got the opportunity to exchange ideas with the world leaders in the two Outreach sessions, officially and unofficially.”

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received Hasina on her arrival at the Shima Kanko Hotel in Ise-Shima city on Kashiko Island on Friday morning.

Later, the Bangladesh prime minister, along with leaders of G7 nations – the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – and other countries joined the inaugural session.

Source: Bd news24