Bangladesh bars Russian vessel under US sanction from entering its territory

A Russian ship carrying a consignment for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project has been barred from entering Bangladeshi territory due to the sanctions of the United States on it.

Report informs via New Age that the US authorities in the past week informed the foreign ministry that the Russian vessel heading to Bangladesh was facing a US embargo on its operation.

The ship was scheduled to anchor at the Mongla port on December 24.

According to the information, Bangladesh took the move to avoid controversies, although many countries were not following the US sanctions.

The Russian ambassador to Bangladesh, Alexander Mantytskiy, was summoned to the office of the foreign secretary for the maritime affairs unit, Md Khurshed Alam, on December 22 over the matter and was told that the local agent was responsible to transport the cargo unhindered in the present situation, according to the officials.

The country’s first nuclear power plant is being implemented in Pabna under the science and technology ministry with the technical and financial support of Russia.