<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to address the opening plenary session of the "Global Gateway Forum" conference this afternoon here.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As per the today's schedule, the premier will attend the plenary session of the conference at the Plenary Hall, GFC conference venue and will deliver her five-minute address between 1:30 PM-2:30 PM (Brussels time).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She arrived in Brussels last evening on the three-day official visit to attend the two-day conferrence held from today at the invitation of the European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today in the morning, she will have a bilateral meeting with EC President Ursula von der Leyen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After this bilateral meeting, the prime minister will witness a loan support agreement of 350 million Euros on the renewable energy sector to be signed between the Bangladesh government's Economic Relations Department (ERD) and European Investment Bank.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">A grant agreement of 45 million Euros for Bangladesh's renewable energy sector will also be signed between the EC and European Investment Bank.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And a 12 million Euros grant agreement between the Bangladesh government and EC will be signed for Bangladesh's renewable energy sector as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Bangladesh government and EC will sign five different grant agreements of 70 million Euros on Bangladesh's Social sectors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier then will hold a bilateral meeting with Commissioner for Crisis Management of the EC Janez Lenarcic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She later will give an interview to TV Channel EURONEWS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards, the Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicola Beer will pay a call on the Bangladesh premier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister then will have separate bilateral meetings with European Investment Bank President Dr Werner Hoyer and Commissioner for International Partnerships of the EC Jutta Urpilainen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the evening, she will attend a dinner hosted by Ursula von der Leyen in honor of the heads of state and government participating in the Global Gateway Forum.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On October 26, she will hold a bilateral meeting with her Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier will also hold a bilateral meeting with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the afternoon on the same day, Sheikh Hasina will attend a reception accorded to her by Bangladeshi expatriates living in Belgium.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the same day, POLITICO is likely to take interview of the Bangladesh prime minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She is scheduled to return home on October 27. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>