Staff Reporter: Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud joined the NAM Summit today, which the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni inaugurated as the new Chair of the Movement. 

Dr. Hasan is going to deliver the national statement of Bangladesh on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Summit and the Third South Summit.

The Foreign Minister is leading Bangladesh delegation to the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) being held through 19-20 January and the Third South Summit of the G 77 and China scheduled on 21-22 January 2023. 

The Minister is also expected to have bilateral meetings with a good number of his counterparts He is also expected to have courtesy calls with the UN Secretary-General and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

The inaugural ceremony of the summit was also addressed by the President of Azerbaijan, the outgoing Chair of the NAM, the President of the General Assembly, the Vice President Cuba as the Chair of the Group of 77 and China  and the representatives of different regional groups. The Foreign Minister also joined the State Banquet hosted by the President of Uganda. 

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud is accompanied by Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, the Foreign Secretary, who led Bangladesh delegation to the Ministerial meeting and the Senior Official meetings of the NAM, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations,  and Ambassador Tareque Muhammad, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya and concurrently accredited to Uganda.

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