Online Desk  :   Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday assured that Bangladesh would continue cooperation with the Russian Federation in areas of mutual interest. He made the assurance while Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy paid a courtesy call on him at his foreign ministry office in the capital. During the meeting, the foreign adviser said Dhaka is keen to continue its cooperation with Russia particularly in establishing Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project, active collaboration in gas fields and the trade sector.

Touhid also recalled the support of the Russian Federation during the Bangladesh’s War of Liberation. At the outset of the meeting, the Ambassador congratulated Touhid on his assumption of office as the Foreign Affairs Adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh and expressed hope that Bangladesh-Russia bilateral cooperation will further enhance during his tenure. He also handed over a Congratulatory Message from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed to the Foreign Affairs Adviser. In the congratulatory message, the Russian foreign minister said Moscow looks forward to the continuation of productive interaction with the foreign office of Bangladesh for further strengthening bilateral cooperation in all areas. “The Russia-Bangladesh relations are based on the solid foundation of friendship, traditionally binding the peoples of our countries,” Lavrov in a congratulatory message to Touhid.