Bangladesh and Russia have decided to set up a joint working group to strengthen co-operation for the peaceful use of Nuclear Energy. This was agreed to in a protocol agreement signed in Moscow on Wednesday during the visit of a nine-member Bangladesh delegation headed by State Minister for Science and ICT Yeafesh Osman. <br/> <br/>M Neazuddin Miah, additional secretary of the Ministry of Science and ICT of Bangladesh, and Mikhail N Lysenko, director of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ‘Rosatom’ of Russia, signed the accord on behalf of their respective governments. <br/> <br/>According to the protocol, a joint working group between Bangladesh and Russia will be formed and its composition and schedule of work will be defined in the working process. <br/> <br/>It was agreed in the accord to arrange further exchange of visits from both the sides, particularly at experts' level to strengthen co-operation in civil nuclear energy projects. <br/> <br/>The two sides also discussed the framework agreement for setting up the ‘Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant’ in Bangladesh’s Northern District of Pabna, which is expected to be signed soon. <br/> <br/>A ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ between Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and the State Corporation ‘Rosatom’ on cooperation in the area of peaceful usage of nuclear energy had already been signed in May this year in Dhaka. <br/> <br/>The Bangladesh government has set a target of generating 20,000 MW electricity by 2021 to ensure universal electrification in Bangladesh.<br/><br/>