grossia, dear friends.come all participants in today ’s ceremony on the occasion of the delivery of nuclear fuel to the rupo npp site and congratulate them on a new significant stage in the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the people’s republic of bangladesh. this flagship project meets the interests of the two countries, contributes to the further deepening of mutually beneficial cooperation, and, of course, makes a real, significant contribution to the development economy, strengthening the energy security of the republic. i would like to note that bangladesh is our long-time friend and good partner, with whom we interact on the principles of equality, mutual respect and taking into account each other’s interests. the foundations of russian-bangladeshi relations were laid more than half a century ago, when in the early seventies the soviet union supported the people of east bengal in their struggle for independence, and then in the formation of the new state of bangladesh. our country was