Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka on Thursday evening on a four-day official visit to Canada to attend the Outreach Leaders Programme of the G7, the group of seven countries with advanced economies in the world.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited 12 world leaders, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to take part in a special outreach session of the G7 Summit, reports the UNB.

The G7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

During her visit, Sheikh Hasina will join the outreach session at Quebec City in Canada on June 09.

On June 10, she will also hold a bilateral meeting with her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in Quebec in the morning and join a views-exchange with Bangladesh expatriates in Toronto in the evening.

Besides, Hasina will hold a meeting with Canada’s special envoy on Rohingya crisis Bob Rae in Toronto on June 11.

An Emirates flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her entourage will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at7:30pm (local time) on Thursday for Toronto.

On her way to Toronto, the Prime Minister will make a stopover in Dubai for five hours.

The flight carrying her is scheduled to reach Toronto Pearson International Airport on Friday 9:30am (local time). Then, she will go to Quebec city by a flight of Air Canada.

Trade, investment, cooperation in achieving SDGs, political consultations, cooperation in blue economy area and Rohingya issue will be discussed at the bilateral meeting, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said on Tuesday at a briefing over the Prime Minister’s visit to Canada.

He said Bangladesh will highlight issues related to climate change, sustainable use of ocean resources, blue economy and Bangladesh’s initiative on women empowerment at the G7 Forum.

Mahmood Ali sad Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been considered as an ‘international leader for change’ in the international arena for her role in constructive changes.

The special outreach session will focus on healthy oceans and resilient coastal communities.

Sheikh Hasina will deliver her speech on ‘Strengthening resilience through integrated adaptation planning, emergency preparedness and recovery’, said the Foreign Minister.

Heads of international organisations have also been invited to the G7 Summit to take part in the special outreach session.

The global leaders and heads of international organisations will meet G7 leaders to discuss how to build resilient coasts and communities, share ocean knowledge and science, and support sustainable oceans and fisheries.

These leaders and heads of international organisations will also attend dinner hosted by Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, in Quebec city.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on June 12.