Dhaka:The 5th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation (IGC) between Bangladesh and Russia was held today at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) in Dhaka.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the Bangladesh delegation was led by Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary of the Economic Relations Division, while the Russian delegation was headed by Ilya Shestakov, Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries. The meeting was attended by senior officials from relevant Ministries, Divisions, Agencies, sectoral experts, and representatives from various companies, partner agencies, and business communities from both countries.
The IGC, established in 2017, aims to expand the existing cooperation between Bangladesh and Russia. The meeting reviewed ongoing bilateral economic, business, and technical cooperation and discussed future priorities based on the agreed Protocol. Both sides expressed a common interest in further strengthening their bilateral cooperation in areas such as economic, trade, industry, agriculture, power, energy, education, and technical cooperation.
The Russian delegation emphasized further collaboration in trade and business, agriculture, science, technology, ICT, financial and banking sectors, as well as cultural and sports sectors. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh delegation focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation in power and energy, technical and scientific cooperation in agriculture, fisheries, and livestock, as well as industry, investment, skill development, education, and research sectors.