<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged Russia to find out a way to stop the Russia-Ukraine war peacefully through negotiations.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She made the call when Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s official residence Ganabhaban here on Friday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher briefed reporters after the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lavrov arrived in Dhaka on Thursday evening on a two-day visit, the first by a Russian foreign minister since Bangladesh's independence in 1971.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This visit is seen as an important development amid the changed global scenario following the Russian-Ukraine war and subsequent US-led sanctions on Moscow.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From Dhaka, Lavrov is flying to India to attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM Hasina will also join the summit as an invited guest of host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>