Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is coming to Dhaka on Thursday, with Russia interested in supplying several agricultural products to Bangladesh at the ‘best, most affordable’ price, which is the information of the Russian minister.
Russia is interested in expanding cooperation with Bangladesh in supplying various food products, such as: turmeric, peas, chickpeas, red lentils, green lentils and sunflower oil on the basis of G-to-G (the two countries' agreements).
If Bangladesh If the Russians are interested in developing cooperation in this specific area, then the Russians will negotiate with the Ministry of Commerce, which will likely focus on payment issues in light of the US ban on Russia, as the officials said that the offer seems very neat in terms of price. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Bangladesh from September 7 to 8.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen will welcome him.
They will meet journalists jointly at 8 pm after a bilateral meeting at a hotel in the city.
The world's longest-term foreign minister Lavrov will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning and will look into the current situation of Russia-Bangladesh relations in detail, said Maria Zakharova, spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He said the two parties will also discuss the most important regional and international issues, which they can also discuss on issues such as food, fertilizer, energy and Rohingya crisis during the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister.
Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen said, ‘We will discuss the critical situation that has arisen in the world since the Ukraine crisis. We will highlight the problems we have.’ Acknowledging the long-standing relationship with Russia, he said Bangladesh can request Russia for a peaceful solution to the problem as soon as possible.
The Russian embassy in Dhaka said that the two countries will discuss the possibility of developing bilateral relations and exchange views on the most important regional and international issues.
Before this, the foreign minister. Momen said that Bangladesh will raise the Rohingya issue during Lavrov's visit.
‘We will have a bilateral meeting on the day he comes here. We have many bilateral issues to discuss, including the Rohingya issue,’ the foreign minister said.’
After completing the tour of Bangladesh, he joined the G20 conference in New Delhi from 9 to 10 September Deven Lavrov. Earlier, Lavrov was scheduled to visit Bangladesh to attend the 22nd IORA Ministerial Council meeting in November last year, but the tour was postponed at the last minute.
Lavrov is expected to address two plenary sessions in Delhi, including focusing on sustainable development and stable economic growth at the One Planet session on September 9 and will emphasize the core functions of democratization in the One Future Session on September 10, and will emphasize the implementation of digital transformation as well as strengthening the role of the world's majority countries in global economic institutions.
