Staff reporter:
The 5th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation (IGC) between Bangladesh and Russia was held here yesterday at Economic Relations Division (ERD).
The Bangladesh delegation was led by Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, while the Russian delegation was headed by Ilya Shestakov, Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries.
Senior officials from relevant Ministries, Divisions, Agencies, Sectoral Experts and also representatives from different companies, partner agencies and business communities from both sides attended the meeting, said an ERD press release.
The IGC was established in 2017 with an aim of expanding the existing cooperation between the two countries.
The IGC meeting reviewed the ongoing bilateral economic, business and technical cooperation and discussed future priorities in line with the Protocol agreed upon by both sides.
Both sides showed common interest for further strengthening of bilateral cooperation in core areas of economic, trade, industry, agriculture, power, energy, education and technical cooperation, he release said.
While Russian side emphasized on further collaboration in trade and business, agriculture, science, technology and ICT, financial and banking, cultural and sports sector, the Bangladesh side stressed on enhancing bilateral cooperation in power and energy, technical and scientific cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and livestock, also in industry and investment and above all, skill development, education and research sector, it said.
