The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, arrived in Dhaka on Friday to participate in a symposium titled "Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia." Upon landing at Zia International Airport at 8:15pm, he was welcomed by President Iajuddin Ahmed. President Grímsson is scheduled to attend the closing ceremony of the symposium at Hotel Sonargaon on Saturday. The six-day international symposium, jointly organized by the University of Dhaka and the Ohio State University of the USA in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP), began on Monday. The arrival of the Icelandic president in Dhaka on Tuesday was postponed.