MBR: Bangladeshi, Malaysian PMs

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Zabeel Palace on 27 October for talks with Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR). The leaders witnessed the signing ceremony of a number of agreements between the UAE and Bangladesh, including one on security co-operation, and another on the transfer of sentenced persons. They also agreed on a plot of land in the diplomatic quarter of Dhaka for the construction of a UAE embassy. Also on 27 October, MBR and his son Sheikh Maktoum met Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib; among other things, they talked about the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum, which was to convene in Dubai from 28-30 October.