Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- Russia wants to sell its different food products to Bangladesh in order to diversify its export market amid sanctions on the former by the western world over invasion of Ukraine.

Under the proposal, Russia has offered to supply its food products, including red lentils, green lentils, sunflower oil, yellow peas, and chickpeas, to Bangladesh under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement.

The Russian embassy in Bangladesh has recently sent the proposal through a letter to the Bangladesh foreign ministry. Then the ministry forwarded the letter to the commerce ministry for the next course of action.

As per the letter, 'Prodintorg' Joint Stock Company, Foreign Economic Corporation under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fede...