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." He landed at Zia International Airport at 8:15pm and was welcomed by President Iajuddin Ahmed. President Grímsson is scheduled to attend the closing ceremony of the six-day international symposium at Hotel Sonargaon on Saturday. The symposium, organized jointly by the University of Dhaka and the Ohio State University of the USA, in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Food and Agriculture Organisation (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.