<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said Bangladesh will not accept those Russian ships which are under sanctions.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He said there are 69 Russian ships which are under sanctions.</div><div><br></div><div>"We don't want to accept those ships which are under sanctions. We have developed good relations with the US," Momen said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said it came to them as surprise that Russia sent a sanctioned vessel. "We didn't expect that."</div><div><br></div><div>Momen hoped that Russia will now send non-sanctioned ships carrying required materials.</div><div><br></div><div>Sanctioned Russian ship Sparta III was scheduled to dock at Mongla port in the southwestern part of the country at the end of December,2022 and unload cargo destined for the Rooppur NPP in Pabna.</div><div><br></div><div>But the authorities denied the ship permission to dock at the port after officials got a letter from the US Embassy in Dhaka saying that the ship was on a list of Russian ships sanctioned by the US. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>