{"id":32419,"date":"2017-04-15T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32419"},"modified":"2017-04-15T06:24:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T06:24:11","slug":"hasina-invites-russian-prime-minister-to-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32419","title":{"rendered":"Hasina invites Russian prime minister to Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A file photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.Courtesy: Russian government website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The visit will take bilateral ties to a new high, Sheikh Hasina says<\/h2>\n
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Bangladesh, marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.<\/div>\n
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Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, currently visiting Moscow, handed over Hasina\u2019s personal letter to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Hasina wrote that Medvedev\u2019s visit to Dhaka would take bilateral ties between Bangladesh and Russia to the next level.<\/p>\n

The then USSR recognised Bangladesh as an independent country in January 1972.<\/p>\n

A Foreign Ministry official said they hoped Russian Prime Minister Medvedev would visit Bangladesh some time in the second half of this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two countries are discussing about 25 deals and memorandums of understanding and about half of them are in the final stage,\u201d the official, who was not authorised to give his name, told the Bangla Tribune.<\/p>\n

The official said they were working to make sure the deals and MoUs are signed during Medvedev\u2019s Dhaka visit.<\/p>\n

Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Russia has increased significantly since Hasina\u2019s 2013 Russia visit.<\/p>\n

In 2015-16, the two-way bilateral trade volume surpassed\u00a0$1.5 billion, according to Lavrov, whereas\u00a0it was about $300 million prior to Hasina\u2019s 2013 visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The visit will take bilateral ties to a new high, Sheikh Hasina says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to visit Bangladesh, marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, currently visiting Moscow, handed over Hasina\u2019s personal letter to his Russian counterpart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n