Dhaka, June 8 -- Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on Monday conveyed Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, stressing that they are all in favour of strengthening Dhaka-Moscow relations.

"We are all in favour of further strengthening our ties with Russia," he told his Russian counterpart during a bilateral meeting in Moscow.

This is his first bilateral visit to Russia, and he is scheduled to return home on Tuesday. Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir is accompanying the Foreign Minister.

"On both bilateral fronts and in terms of my discharge of responsibilities as the President of the UN General Assembly, ...