The president of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will visit Bangladesh from 26 to 30 August to attend a climate change conference at Dhaka University.

Grimsson’s visit will be the first time a serving Icelandic president has visited Bangladesh, but will be considered a personal visit rather than an official state visit.

“Iceland’s president will arrive on the night of August 26. It is a private visit rather than an official tour,” foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told bdnews24.com.

The six-day conference on climate change and food security in South Asia is jointly organised by Dhaka University and the Ohio State University and will take place between 25 and 30 August.

“The president will be provided the security which a head of state enjoys,” foreign secretary Md Touhid Hossain told bdnews24.com, going on to state that foreign and home ministry officials had met to discuss security arrangements for the visit.

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