The US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be arriving in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon for a two-day official visit to discuss bilateral issues with Bangladesh. She is expected to land at 4:10 pm at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, where she will be received by foreign minister Dipu Moni. The formal talks between the two foreign ministers will take place in the afternoon, followed by a joint press briefing and the signing of a declaration on Bangladesh-US Partnership Cooperation. During her visit, Clinton will also meet with prime minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Brac chairman Fazle Hasan Abed, and members of the civil society. Bangladesh is keen on advocating for duty-free access to the US market for its garment products and believes that as a least developed country, it has a rightful claim to such access. Other key topics for discussion include gaining membership to the Millennium Challenge Corporation fund and the extradition of Rashed Chowdhury, the killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is currently residing in the US. The US, on the other hand, has strategic interests in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, with its significance growing following a March ruling by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) that granted Bangladesh a large portion of the Bay of Bengal. It is also involved in all four global initiatives of President Barack Obama - global food security, global health, climate change, and engagement with Muslim countries. Other US interests in the region include protecting and promoting US investment, strengthening security ties, and increasing exports. ConocoPhillips, a US company, is currently conducting gas and oil exploration in blocks 10 and 11 in the Bay of Bengal and is looking to explore six additional blocks. In April, Bangladesh and the US held their first security dialogue to further cooperation in the region.