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UNB, Kuala Lumpur

Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed who arrived here yesterday to attend the D-8 Summit was given a red carpet reception at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Abdur Rahim Bakri greeted the Chief Adviser at the tarmac at 4:05 pm (local time).

Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury and Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia M Khairuzzaman and senior officials of the Malaysian government were present.

The Chief Adviser then drove to Hotel Renaissance in a ceremonial motorcade.

The Chief Adviser left here for Kuala Lumpur in the morning.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage took off from the VVIP tarmac of the Zia International Airport at about 10:50 am.

Earlier when the Biman flight entered the Thai airspace, the Chief Adviser exchanged pleasantries with Malaysia-bound Bangladeshi workers, enquired about their jobs and wished their success.

The Chief Adviser is leading a 21-member Bangladesh delegation to the summit of economic alliance of eight developing Muslim countries.

The delegation includes Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Chief Adviser's Principal Secretary Ali Imam Majumder and CA's Press Secretary Syed Fahim Munaim.

The Chief Adviser is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a meeting with the Bangladesh community in Malaysia yesterday in Kuala Lumpur.

During his two-day visit in Kuala Lumpur, the CA will stay at the hotel.

The Chief Adviser is scheduled to return home Tuesday night after the one-day summit.