<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Italy early hours of today after attending the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A regular flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 01:50 am after making over one hour stopover at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, the flight departed from Rome Fiumicino Airport at 09:45am local time (01:45pm BST).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to Rome, Italy on July 23 on a three-day official visit to join the UNFSS+2 conference at the invitation of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The UNFSS+2 conference was held at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters on July 24-26 with the theme "Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity: Diverse Pathways in a Shared Journey".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier addressed the official opening of the conference at the FAO Headquarters as the special guest speaker on July 24.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Around 2000 participants from over 160 countries, including over 20 heads of state and government, attended the UNFSS+2.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina also participated in the plenary session titled "Food Systems and Climate Action".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the evening of the same day, she also joined the inaugural ceremony of Bangladesh-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Room in FAO headquarters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also had a bilateral meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the newly opened Bangladesh-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Room in the FAO headquarters on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three Italian ministers -Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio - also paid a courtesy call on her at the FAO headquarters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">FAO Director General Qu Dongyu, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Alvaro Lario and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy Hensley McCain paid courtesy call on the prime minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 25, the premier attended the "Regional Envoys Conference" organised with Bangladesh ambassadors stationed in 15 European countries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina also had a bilateral meeting with her Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the meeting, two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)- "Cooperation in the Field of Energy" and "Cultural Exchange Programme" - were exchanged in presence of the two prime ministers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier also joined a community reception accorded to her hosted by the expatriate Bangladeshis in Italy. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>