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Published on May 28, 2016
Bangladesh premier joined the event at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinjo Abe, host of the G7 Summit 2016.
The Japanese Premier invited Bangladesh along with a number of heads of state and government of other non-G7 countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, African nation Chad.
Top executives of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) also took part in the outreach meeting.
The two-day summit has begun on Friday at Ise-Shima in Nagoya, capital of Japan's Aichi Prefecture, a modern manufacturing and shipping hub in central Honshu.
On her arrival at the summit venue, Japanese Prime Minister received Sheikh Hasina at the banquet hall of Shima Kanko Hotel the Classic at Kashiko Island, venue of the outreach meeting.
Prime Minister took part in two discussion sessions of the meeting which are aimed at exploring ways to sustain the well-being of Asia and the global development agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Foreign ministry officials said Japan's invitation to the outreach meeting was a reflection of Bangladesh's significant role in various spectrum of socio-economic development among developing countries.
On the sidelines of the outreach meeting, Sheikh Hasina is also set to hold bilateral meetings with UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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