Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged Russia to find out a way to stop the Russia-Ukraine war peacefully through negotiations.

She made the call when Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s official residence Ganabhaban in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Friday morning.

PM’s deputy press secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher briefed reporters after the meeting.

Lavrov arrived in Dhaka on Thursday evening on a two-day visit, the first by a Russian foreign minister since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971.

This visit is seen as an important development amid the changed global scenario following the Russian-Ukraine war and subsequent US-led sanctions on Moscow.

From Dhaka, Lavrov is flying to India to attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10.

PM Hasina will also join the summit as an invited guest of host Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.