Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy has hoped that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war would end soon, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said Wednesday.
The minister said this to reporters after a meeting with the Russian envoy at the secretariat in Dhaka.
"I informed him about our position on the war saying: 'war does not bring any good to anyone; sanctions and counter-sanctions also don't bring any good.' I told him that it would be good for all if the war ends soon,"
Vikentyevich Mantytskiy hoped that the war would end soon, Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary, said.
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A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between state-owned news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and ITAR-TASS to exchange news in 2017.
The envoy proposed turning the MoU into an agreement, Hasan said.
He also proposed the exchange of news between the Russian news agency Sputnik and BSS.
The information minister said the Russian envoy proposed airing Russian series on Bangladeshi TV channels, he added. "I suggested he give proposals to the country's private TV channels."
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