Russia does not compete with Western countries on Bangladesh: Ambassador

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy has said that Russia is not engaged in any competition with Western countries over Bangladesh. But, we have highlighted what they (Western countries) are doing and what they can do.

The Russian ambassador came up with the remark at a press briefing at the Russian embassy on Tuesday.

The then Soviet Union supported Bangladesh's aspiration to become an independent country and provided necessary assistance at the UN Security Council. In January 1972, the war-torn Bangladesh appealed to the UN for help in solving the problem of its paralyzed ports. said the Russian ambassador.

Between 1972 and 1974, the Soviet Pacific Navy conducted a special purpose expedition to clear the Chittagong port of mines and sunken ships.

Vitaliy Gubenko and Alexander Zalutskiy, members of the Soviet Navy Special Purpose Expedition, participated in Victory Day commemorative events, visited the place where they were assigned in Chattogram, and paid tribute to Yuri Redkin, he said.