Moscow, Oct. 9 -- Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has committed to connecting the first unit of Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) to the country's national grid on an experimental basis in the shortest possible time.

The commitment was made during a high-level bilateral meeting held in Moscow on Friday between Bangladesh's Science and Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam and Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom.

According to a statement from Bangladesh's Ministry of Science and Technology, the meeting focused on the overall progress of the country's first nuclear power plant and the timeline for power generation from its first unit.

"The meeting featured detailed discussions regarding the overa...