President off to Jakarta to attend 43rd ASEAN Summit

UNB :
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday left for Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7.

A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with his spouse Prof Rebecca Sultana and other entourage members, departed from Hazrat Shahjalal (R.) International Airport (HSIA) for Jakarta at 8:30 am.

Among others, Chairperson of Bangladesh National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Saima Wazed and Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will accompany the President during the visit.
Shahabuddin has been invited by the President of the Republic of Indonesia and ASEAN Chair for 2023 Joko Widodo, Press secretary Joynal Abedin said.
With the theme of “Asean Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”, the ASEAN Summit will be held with a hectic agenda for three days.
The Bangladesh president, on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, will also attend the ‘East Asia Summit’ slated for September 7. Alongside, the president will deliver the concluding speech on “Strengthening Regional Architecture to Support the Epicentrum of Growth from the Perspective of IORA” as the “Guest of Chair” there.