Foreign minister Momen likely to visit US next week

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen is likely to visit the United States next week to attend several events there, reports UNB.

The foreign minister is likely to be in Los Angeles on 19 February, foreign ministry spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told the reporters during a weekly briefing on Thursday.

He is expected to inaugurate a newly constructed Shaheed Minar, an initiative of expatriate Bangladeshis, in the city of Paris, Los Angeles.

Momen will also inaugurate a Bangladesh Corner at a public library there. He will also deliver a lecture on climate change.

On 23 February, the foreign minister will attend several meetings at the UN headquarters in New York, said Seheli.