# Bangladesh-Russia 5th IGC meeting held in Dhaka

- Link: https://globalvoicebd.com/world/bangladesh-russia-5th-igc-meeting-held-in-dhaka/
- Published: 2026-11-07T07:00:22-05:00
- Author: GV Newsroom

The 5th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific
and Technical Cooperation (IGC) between Bangladesh and Russia was hel at Economic
Relations Division (ERD) on Friday.

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.