Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Toronto on Friday evening (Bangladesh time) on a four-day official visit to Canada.
The Prime Minister will the outreach session of the G7 Summit at the invitation of her Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau.
An Emirates flight carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at Pearson International Airport in Toronto at 9:30 am local time (7:30 pm Bangladesh time), reports BSS.
Bangladesh Consul General in Toronto Nayeem Uddin Ahmed and Director of International Relations of Canada and Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ontario Province Jonathan Sauve received the Prime Minister at the airport.
After a two-hour stopover in Toronto, the premier will fly to provincial city Quebec, the venue of the outreach session of G7 Summit.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada Mizanur Rahman and Federal and Provincial Dignitaries of Canada will receive the prime minister at Jean Lesage International Airport upon her arrival in Quebec.
Earlier on her way to Toronto, the Prime Minister made a five-hour stopover in Dubai.
In the evening on Friday (local time), Sheikh Hasina will join a dinner to be hosted by Governor General of Canada in honour of heads of state and government taking part in the G7 Summit and outreach programme.
The Prime Minister will join G7 Outreach Leaders Programme at Le Manoir Richelieu Hotel on Saturday.
She will hold a meeting with Justine Trudeau on Sunday morning at her place of residence at Hotel Chateau Frontenac.
From Quebec, Sheikh Hasina will return to Toronto on Sunday and exchange views with expatriate Bangladeshis at Hotel Metro in the evening.
On Monday, she will hold a meeting with Special Envoy of Canada on Myanmar Bob Rae at her hotel The Ritz Carlton where she will be staying.
The premier will also have a meeting with Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan and Minister for Trade and Export Development Gordon Wyant Q.C. and Minister of Immigration and Career Training of Saskatchewan Jeremy Harrison and business leaders of Saskatchewan Province.
Before leaving Toronto, the prime minister will hold a meeting with
President and CEO of Commercial Corporation of Canada (CCC) Martin Zablocki at her hotel.
The premier is scheduled to return home on Tuesday night via Dubai.