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Moscow unwilling to renew barter protocol

By Moinuddin Naser
The Soviet Union has expressed its unwillingness to extend or renew the barter trade protocol with Bangladesh which will expire next September. according to a Foreign Ministry source.
During the recent visit of the Foreign Minister Mustaflzur Rahman to the Soviet Union the issue was in eluded in the agenda along with the subject of the signing of a consular convention.
The barter protocol which facilitated Bangladesh in going for commodity exchange trade with the Soviet Union and other socialist countries may not be operational In future because of the changed economlc policy of the USSR.
The Foreign Ministry source said that the main objective of the visit of the Bangladesh Foreign Minister to the USSR was to explore the feasibility of barter trade with the USSR.
But the USSR which is much in need of hard currency to bst Its economy is not so interested in signing any new barter protocol for commodity exchange
The recent Soviet economic policy which has been redirected to market economy requires a huge amount of hard currency for investment.to earn hard currency, the Soviet Union planned to sell its sprawling Industrial units to foreign investors.
The country is now directly contacting various developed countries to sell Soviet products. and the country has even Intended to sell 30 per cent of the state-owned Valga Automotive Plant, the largest autocar producing company in the Soviet Union.
To many Soviets a free market economy Is associated with black markcteerlng and price extracting.
They think the selling of state-owned Industries will pave the way for the earning of hard currency by the Soviet entrepreneurs, who will go for new investments.
Similarly, the foreign office sources said that the Soviet Union believed that the barter trade would not help generate any hard currency required for investment.
However. Bangladesh is still trying to persuade the Soviet Union to extend the barter protocol for yet another year from next September.
According to a diplomatic source it will be difficult for the USSR to renew barter protocol when the country Is now trailing behind Poland and Czechoslovakia in opening its market In consonance with the political and economic development.
During his recent visit to Soviet Union the Bangladesh Foreign Minister however signed only a consular convention but failed tn convince his Soviet counterpart on the sign ing of a barter protocol.
Recently tn a frantic move