MOSCOW, October 25. /TASS/. Ethiopia is the world’s third largest importer of Russian fertilizers, Russian Ambassador to that country Yevgeny Terekhin told TASS ahead of the Russia-Africa summit.

According to the Russian diplomat, the main item in Ethiopia's purchases from Russia is "diammonium phosphate, for which the state-owned procurement company has an annual demand of 1.2 million metric tons."

"This year, domestic producers have been consistently fulfilling their contracted volumes, which has propelled Ethiopia to the third place among global importers of Russian fertilizers," Terekhin said, adding that the Russian side is "exploring ways to further expand the presence of Russian companies in the Ethiopian agrochemical market."