<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday visited Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He signed the visitors' book there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On his maiden visit, Lavrov arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday evening and held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Momen also hosted a working dinner for his Russian counterpart.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam was also present.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Russian foreign minister met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This was the first visit to Bangladesh by any Russian Foreign Minister since independence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lavrov arrived in Dhaka on his way to India to attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>