Malaysia on Monday rolled out the red carpet for chief adviser Muhammad Yunus upon his arrival in the country on a three-day state visit.
鈥楥hief adviser Professor Yunus arrived in Kuala Lumpur on a three-day state visit at 7:50pm local time by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on Monday,鈥� chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said.
Malaysian home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail received the chief adviser at the airport.
Yunus was also given a guard of honour on the occasion.
Earlier, the flight carrying the chief adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 2:00pm.
Briefing reporters on his Malaysia tour, chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said that migration and investment issues would be given priority during his visit.
A business conference will be held on August 12, while on August 13, the chief adviser will be conferred an honorary doctorate degree by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, he said.
Yunus will hold a bilateral meeting with Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim on August 12 at the Malaysian Prime Minister Office in Putrajaya. After the meeting, a memorandum of understanding will be signed between the two countries.
During the tour, five MoUs and three notes of exchange are expected to be signed. It is also expected that Yunus would join an exchange of views with Bangladeshi expatriates.
A high-level delegation is accompanying the chief adviser during his tour.
The delegation includes foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain; expatriate welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul; power, energy and mineral resources adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan; national security adviser Khalilur Rahman; special envoy to chief adviser for international affairs Lutfey Siddiqi; and BIDA executive chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun.
Chief adviser Yunus is expected to return home on August 13.
