DHAKA, Jan 31, 2024 (BSS) - Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will leave here
tonight for Brussels to attend the 3rd EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum to be
held in the Belgium capital on February 2.

“I will have number of meetings on the sidelines of the Forum,” Mahmud told
reporters at the foreign ministry today.

The foreign minister said he will get only two and a half days for his
engagements in Brussels and currently the foreign ministry is working on
setting as many as possible bilateral meetings on the sideline of the forum.
    

“Let’s see how many meetings we can accommodate,” he said, adding that so far
some meetings with his counterparts of other countries have already been
scheduled.  

The foreign minister recalled that he had 17 bilateral meetings in two days on
the sidelines of the NAM Summit held in Uganda recently.

High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice
President of the European Commission Josep Borrell will chair the forum.

The foreign minister will return to Dhaka Sunday evening.