Russia will provide 30,000 metric tonnes of potash fertiliser to Bangladesh completely free of charge as a sign of friendship and deep sincerity.

This fertiliser will be provided under the United Nations World Food Programme, reads a press release.

Russian second largest ammonia and nitrogen fertiliser manufacturing company Uralchem group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dmitry Konyaev in a letter informed the agriculture ministry, an official release said today (21 November).

Uralchem works to ensure global food security.

Acting ambassador of the Russian Federation to Bangladesh Ekaterina Semenova formally handed over the letter to Agriculture Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury here yesterday (20 November).

Russian Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy had first mentioned about the fertliser shipment to Bangladesh during a courtesy call with the agricultural adviser on 29 August.

Russia is one of the top suppliers of wheat and fertiliser to Bangladesh.

Since 2013, PJSC Uralkali, Russia’s top potash fertiliser producer, has supplied more than 1 million tonnes of MOP fertilizer to Bangladesh through JSC Foreign Economic Cooperation Prodintrog on a G2G basis.