Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud joined the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit on Friday.
He will deliver Bangladesh's national statement as the lead of delegation on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the summit.
The minister is also expected to have bilateral meetings with a good number of his counterparts.
He is also expected to have courtesy meetings with the UN Secretary-General and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni inaugurated it as the new Chair of the Movement.
The inaugural ceremony of the summit was also addressed by the President of Azerbaijan, the outgoing Chair of the NAM, the President of the General Assembly, the Vice President Cuba as the Chair of the Group of 77 and China and the representatives of different regional groups.
The Foreign Minister also joined the State Banquet hosted by the President of Uganda.
Hasan Mahmud is accompanied by Masud Bin Momen, the Foreign Secretary, who led Bangladesh delegation to the ministerial meeting and the Senior Official meetings of the NAM, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, and Ambassador Tareque Muhammad, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya and concurrently accredited to Uganda.