MUNICH (GERMANY):  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined a three-day Munich Security Conference (MSC 2019) in Germany.

The conference kicked off at Hotel Bayerischer Hof around 2 pm (local time) on Friday (February 15).

More than 450 senior decision-makers and thought-leaders from around the world engaged in an intensive debate on current and future challenges of human security.

The conference aims to discuss the future of arms control and cooperation in defence policy as well as examine intersection between trade and international security, effects of climate change and technological innovations on the international security.

The conference is rated as “Best Think Tank Conference” in the world. 

Foreign and defence ministers from the EU and NATO, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Pakistan and the Philippines are participating in the conference.

The conference will end on February 17.

BDST: 2101 HRS, FEB 15, 2019

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