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Rousing reception at ZIA

By Staff Correspondent
US President Bill Clinton was accorded a rousing reception when he arrived here yesterday morning on the first leg of his three-nation South Aslan tour.
Clinton, the first US president to visit Bangladesh, was greeted with 21-gun salute as he got down from the aircraft.
A presidential Jet carrying BUI Clinton and his entourage touched down at Zia International Airport at 11.15 am and taxied at the W1P tarmac at 11.22 am.
The US president was scheduled to arrive from New Delhi at 10 15 am but the flight was delayed by an hour due to inclement weather.
Members of his entourage. Including US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Secretary of Commerce William Daley'got down from the special aircraft before Clinton.
President Clinton emerged from the blue and white jet alone and walked down the stairs at I 1.26 am He was received by US Ambassador John C Holzman and Chief of Protocol Mohammad Ziauddin.
President Shahabuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Haslna received Clinton at the WIP tarmac when he disembarked from the small jet at the Zia International Airport.
A tiny tot presented Clinton with a bouquet when he stepped down from the jet.
He was then escorted by the president and the prime minister to the saluting stage at 11.28 am. He took salute from a smartly turned out contingent drawn from the Army. Navy and Air Force as the band played the national anthems of the USA and Bangladesh.
Wearing a dark grey striped suit. President Clinton was flanked by the president and the prime minister on the dais while the chiefs of the three sendees stood behind.
The US president inspected the guard while the band played “Amaro Deshero Mat fro Gond-hey Shore Uthe Sara Mon..."
He was then introduced to Bangladesh's ministers, the prime minister s advisors, the dean of the diplomatic core, civil and military' officials and US embassy staff.
The WIP lounge of ZIA was decorated with the flags and a huge red banner reading “Welcome President William J. Clinton".
Clinton was escorted to the motorcade where he boarded a landcruiser rather than one of two limousines designated for him.
US security team and bomb sniffing dogs guarded the airport. Security checked all equipment of the Bangladeshi Journalists' before they were allowed to enter the WIP lounge.
Clinton drove straight to the Prime Minister's Office in a ceremonial motorcade through empty streets.
Thousands of troops, paramilitary BDR and armed police guarded the route and tjatrolled the streets. Children Ined the route, waiving miniature flags and shouting slogans as Clinton's motorcade passed.
Clinton's daughter. Chelsea, and his mother-in-law, Dorothy Rodham, stayed behind In India. Chelsea visited Bangladesh with Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1995.