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Thursday | November 12, 2026 | Dhaka

PM arrives in Antalya for COP31

Three-day visit to include meetings with global leaders
 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:01 AM, 11 November 2026
Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr Serdar Çam, receives Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, in Antalya on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Antalya, Turkey, on Tuesday for a three-day visit to attend the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), where he is scheduled to join the main summit proceedings and hold bilateral meetings with several world leaders.

A Turkish Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, landed at Antalya Airport at 4:03pm local time on November 10.

On arrival, Tarique was received by Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr Serdar Çam, along with members of the Bangladeshi delegation and senior officials of the Bangladesh Embassy.

The delegation accompanying the prime minister included State Minister for Foreign Affairs-1 Humayun Kabir, State Minister for Foreign Affairs-2 Shama Obaid, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh (Saleh Shibli), Chief Coordinator for SDG Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Professor Dr SM Abdul Awal, and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Saimum Parvez.

Other members of the prime minister’s entourage and senior embassy officials were also present at the airport to welcome him.

Earlier, Tarique departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 7:30am on Tuesday. He made a two-hour stopover in Istanbul before continuing to Antalya on another Turkish Airlines flight.

The prime minister is scheduled to take part in the main proceedings of the global climate conference on Wednesday. Alongside his participation in the summit, he is expected to hold bilateral discussions with several heads of state and government.