Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to attend this year's Munich Security Conference, the most high-profile annual dialogue on security issues, to be held in Germany next month.

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud confirmed PM Hasina's participation in the global conference while talking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

He said his ministry is working on the bilateral meetings to be held on the sidelines of the conference.

The Prime Minister last attended the Security Conference in 2019.

Though the Prime Minister has received invitations from various countries and international organisations, her first official visit post-election may begin with Germany, a diplomatic source told UNB.

Apart from bilateral engagement with the German leaders, she will have meetings with global leaders on the sidelines.

The Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024 will take place from February 16 to 18, 2024, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich.

The MSC 2024 will once again offer a unique opportunity for high-level debates on the world's most pressing security challenges, said the organisers.

Additionally, the MSC, founded in the fall of 1963, will celebrate its 60th anniversary up to and during the next main conference.

The Munich Security Report is published annually before the Security Conference.

The report contains exclusive data and graphics on current security policy issues, compiled in cooperation with renowned partner institutions of the MSC.

The Munich Security Report serves as a basis for discussion at the conference in Munich.