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The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Sheikh Hasina since becoming Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 2009, as well as visits made during her first term between 1996 and 2001.
Country | Location | Date(s) | Details | |
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1 | China | Beijing | 12–17 September | Official Visit: Hasina met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng. The governments of Bangladesh and China signed several accords. [a] [1] |
2 | India | New Delhi | 10–12 December | Official Visit: Hasina met with Indian Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda. Two signed the historic Ganges Water Sharing Treaty in the Hyderabad House, which paved the solution for the decades-long Ganges water dispute. [2] [3] [4] |
Country | Location | Date(s) | Details | |
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3 | Pakistan | Islamabad | 22–24 March | Official Visit: Hasina attended the 1st Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Belgium | Brussels | 1–2 February | Official Visit | Hasina signed a cooperation agreement with the European Union. [5] |
United States | Washington DC | 16–19 October | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Bill Clinton at the White House. [6] [7] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 20–25 April | Official Visit | Hasina met with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and performed Umrah. [8] |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 2009 | Official visit | Bangladesh & Trinidad have shown interest in expanding the bilateral economic ties & have been cooperating each other. |
Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | 15–16 July | Official Visit | Hasina attended the 15th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. [9] |
Bhutan | Thimphu | 5–9 November | Official Visit | This was Hasina's first visit to a SAARC country since being elected Prime Minister in 2008. [10] [11] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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South Korea | Seoul | 18 May | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Lee Myung-Bak at the Blue House. [12] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Germany | Berlin | 25 October | Official Visit | Hasina held discussions with Chancellor Angela Merkel. [13] [14] |
Myanmar | Yangon | 5–7 December | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Thein Sein at the Presidential Palace. They discussed the Rohingya conflict. [15] |
Indonesia | Bali | 9 December | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Bali Democracy Forum. [15] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Turkey | Ankara | 11–13 April | State visit | Hasina met with President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. She met with Turkish business leaders and gave a lecture at Ankara University. The governments of Bangladesh and Turkey signed six agreements. [16] |
United Kingdom | London | 24–29 July | Official Visit | Hasina attended the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [17] |
Iran | Tehran | 26–31 August | 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement | Hasina attended the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. She met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. [18] |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 3 November | Official Visit | Hasina met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. [19] [20] |
Laos | Vientiane | 4 November | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Choummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. She attended the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit and signed an agreement with Laos. [21] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Russia | Moscow | 14–16 January | State Visit | Hasina met with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Her government signed seven agreements with Russia, including an agreement for Russia to develop the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. A US$1 billion arms deal was signed with Russia. [22] [23] [24] |
Thailand | Bangkok | 19 May | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Second Asia Pacific Water Summit. [25] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Japan | Tokyo | 25–28 May | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Japan-Bangladesh summit. She met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. [26] |
China | Beijing | 10 June | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. [27] |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 3 December | Official Visit | The governments of Bangladesh and Malaysia signed four memoranda of understanding. [28] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam | 3–6 November | Official Visit | Hasina signed four agreements with the Netherlands. [29] [30] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Canada | Montreal | 17 September | Official Visit | Sheikh Hasina attended the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund on invitation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [31] |
Morocco | Marrakech | 14–17 November | Official Visit | Hasina attended the 22nd Conference of the Parties. [32] |
Hungary | Budapest | 1–3 December | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Budapest Water Summit 2016. [33] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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India | Delhi | 7–10 April | State Visit | [34] |
Bhutan | Thimphu | 18–20 April | State Visit | Hasina signed an agreement on in-land water transport. [35] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 21 May | State Visit | Hasina attended the Arab Islamic-American Summit. [36] |
Austria | Vienna | 29 May | Official Visit | Hasina met with Chancellor Christian Kern and President Alexander Van der Bellen. She attended the International Atomic Energy Agency conference. [37] [38] |
Sweden | Stockholm | 15–16 June | Official Visit | Hasina discussed migration, human rights, and cooperation with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. [39] |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 4 December | Official Visit | Hasina met King Norodom Sihamoni at Khemarin Palace. [40] |
France | Paris | 12 December | State Visit | Hasina met with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. She attended the One Planet summit. [41] [42] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Singapore | Singapore | 11–14 March | Official Visit | Hasina spoke at the Bangladesh-Singapore Business Forum. [43] |
Australia | Sydney | 26–29 April | Official Visit | Hasina attended the International Convention Centre and was awarded the Global Women's Leadership Award. [44] [45] |
Canada | Montreal | 17 September | Official Visit | On the invitation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Hasina attended the G7 outreach leaders programme meeting. She later held a tête-à-tête with Trudeau. [46] |
United States | New York City | 23 September | State Visit | Hasina attended the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. [47] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Germany | Munich | 14–16 February | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Munich Security Conference. [48] [49] [50] |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 21–23 April | State Visit | Hasina met with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at the Istana Nurul Iman. Six memorandums of understanding were signed between the governments of Bangladesh and Brunei. [51] [52] |
Japan | Tokyo | 28–31 May | State Visit | Hasina met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. She met with top Japanese business leaders and was the keynote speaker at a conference entitled "The Future of Asia". She met with the relatives of the Japanese victims of the July 2016 terror attack. [53] [54] |
Saudi Arabia | Makkah, Medina | 31 May–3 June | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit | Hasina attended the 14th IOC summit. She performed umrah and prayed at the grave of Muhammad. [55] |
Finland | Helsinki | 3 June | State Visit | Hasina met with President Sauli Niinistö at the Presidential Palace. [56] |
China | Beijing | 3–6 July | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People. She held a roundtable with Chinese business leaders. [57] [58] |
India | Delhi | 3 October | Official Visit | Hasina met with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She was the co-chair of the Indian Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum. [59] The Visit saw the signing of seven agreements between the governments of Bangladesh and India. [60] |
Azerbaijan | Baku | 25–26 October | Official Visit | Hasina attended the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. [61] |
India | Kolkata | 22 November | Official Visit | Hasina attended a cricket match between Bangladesh and India at Eden Gardens. [62] |
Spain | Madrid | 31 November–3 December | Official Visit | Hasina attended the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [63] [64] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 12 January | State Visit | Hasina met with Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. She attended the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Week and the Zayed Sustainable Awards Ceremony. [65] |
Italy | Rome | 4–8 February | State Visit | Hasina met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at Palazzo Chigi. [66] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Maldives | Malé | December 22-23 | State Visit | Hasina met with then–president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and held official talks on strengthening relations between the two countries. [67] [68] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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United Kingdom | London | 18–19 September | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Funeral of Elizabeth II [69] |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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Japan | Tokyo | 25–28 April | Official Visit | Hasina met with the prime minister and emperor of Japan. |
United States | New York | 29 April–4 May | Official Visit | Hasina met President and vice president of World Bank to celebrate 50th anniversary of Bangladesh and World Bank partnership. |
United Kingdom | London | 4–9 May | Official Visit | Hasina attended the Coronation of the King Charles III |
Country | Areas Visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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China | Beijing | 8−10 July | Official Visit | State visit |
India | Delhi | 5 August | Flee after resignation | Resignation |
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