Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has temporarily canceled her scheduled visit to five Asian countries, including Bangladesh. Her decision was communicated to the Bangladesh government on Thursday (August 21).At the beginning of her visit to five Asian countries, Italian Prime Minister Meloni was scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on August 30 at the invitation of Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. It was confirmed that she would meet the Chief Advisor the next day.When asked about the reason for Meloni's cancellation, a diplomatic media outlet was told that the Italian Prime Minister has canceled her visit to five Asian countries, including Bangladesh. Her visit was scheduled to start with Bangladesh. After that, Meloni was scheduled to go to Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan.However, Italy is playing an important role as one of the top leaders of NATO countries in the discussions between the United States and Russia on the Ukraine war. Due to that busy schedule, she canceled her visit to Asia.