Dhaka, April 28 -- Alexey Likhachev, the head of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, has met with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka for discussions on bilateral cooperation.

The meeting took place at 10am on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office in the Cabinet Division of the Secretariat, his press wing said.

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam were present during the talks.

Rehan Asif Asad, the prime minister's ICT advisor and Russian Ambassador Alexander Grigoryevich Khozin also attended the session.

The meeting precedes the official start of uranium fuel loading at the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna's Ishurdi, an event Likhachev is sched...