Prime Minister Tarique Rahman Heads Home from Turkey After COP31 Summit
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has left Antalya, Turkey, for home after attending the United Nations climate summit, COP31.
On Thursday (12 November), at 4:30pm local time, he departed Antalya Airport on a Turkish Airlines flight bound for Istanbul.
After a stopover at Istanbul Airport, the Prime Minister was scheduled to leave for Dhaka on another Turkish Airlines flight at 7:30pm local time.
At Antalya Airport, he was seen off by Subutay Yuksel, a senior official and senior ambassador of Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The aircraft carrying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his entourage is expected to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 6am Bangladesh time on Friday (13 November).
The Prime Minister had arrived in Antalya on 10 November for a three-day visit.
During the visit, alongside attending the COP31 summit, he held bilateral meetings and courtesy calls with heads of state and government of various countries and top representatives of international organisations.
He also took part in various summit programmes and visited the Bangladesh Pavilion and the environmentally friendly jute products displayed in the Green Zone.
His visit gave priority to tackling the impacts of climate change, climate finance, international cooperation and strengthening Bangladesh's bilateral relations with various countries.
