Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who arrived in New York to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, joined a welcome breakfast hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The prime minister was accompanied by his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman.

The breakfast marked the beginning of the prime minister’s official engagements at the United Nations General Assembly.

António Guterres hosted the breakfast at the North Delegates Lounge of the UN Headquarters at 7:30am local time on Tuesday in honour of world leaders and their spouses.

At the beginning of the event, heads of state and government from different countries took part in a photo session with their spouses alongside the UN secretary-general and his wife.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman also joined the photo session with Dr Zubaida Rahman. He exchanged greetings with António Guterres and his wife before posing for photographs.

After the breakfast, the prime minister attended the opening session of the 81st General Assembly at the General Assembly Hall of the UN Headquarters at 9am. Heads of state and government from various countries were present at the session.

According to his schedule, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will address the UN General Assembly on September 24. It will be his first address to the United Nations as Bangladesh’s prime minister. In line with tradition, he is expected to deliver his speech in Bangla.

During his UN visit, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings and courtesy meetings with heads of government from several countries and leaders of international organisations.