Hasina, Putin for stronger BD-Russia ties
Friday, 17 October 2014
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin have expressed the hope that the socioeconomic ties between Bangladesh and Russia will get strengthened further in the days to come. The two leaders expressed their high hopes while having talks during a gala dinner hosted by Italian President Giorgio Nepolitano at Sala Delle Cariatidi in Milan, Italy, on Thursday evening (local time). Leaders of the ASEM member countries joined the dinner, according to a message received in Dhaka on Friday. Hasina and Putin hoped that the member states of the Asia-Europe Meeting-ASEM will put emphasis on working together for the development of the 2 regions of the globe, according to a news agency.