Russia mentioned on Thursday that it is able to enhance its gasoline provides to Türkiye and implement agreements between the 2 international locations on organising a gasoline hub for gross sales to different international locations.
“For our part, we reaffirmed Russia’s commitment to all agreements on increasing natural gas exports, including through the implementation of the initiative of the heads of our states to create a single gas distribution hub in Türkiye,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned at a press convention together with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Moscow.
Lavrov mentioned that Türkiye and Russia are growing tasks within the power sector, which he described because the “locomotive” in bilateral relations between the 2 international locations.
He additionally mentioned that the development of all 4 energy items of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is continuing “according to schedule.”
Lavrov mentioned that he and Fidan each famous the dynamic improvement of bilateral relations between Türkiye and Russia, which included “an intensive, trusting political dialogue” between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
“There have been several phone conversations and face-to-face meetings, and another informal summit is planned for the near future to discuss all aspects of our partnership,” he mentioned.
UN HEAD’S NEW GRAIN DEAL PROPOSALS DID NOT CONTAIN GUARANTEES
Lavrov mentioned he spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about new proposals for a grain deal on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa, however that these proposals didn’t embody ensures.
“We (Russia) honestly explained to both the secretary general and our Turkish friends what is still in this message there is no guarantee, there are only promises to try faster, try harder,” he mentioned.
Although the Russian facet appreciated Guterres’ efforts on this situation, he mentioned that the West is impeding the decision of issues that stop a “more active export of Russian grain and Russian fertilizers.”
“Therefore, I can only confirm that as soon as there are no promises, but guarantees with a concrete result, which can be implemented right tomorrow, the implementation of this package will resume in full measure right from tomorrow,” he added.
Lavrov mentioned Fidan and he additionally mentioned a proposal by Moscow to ship as much as 1 million tons of Russian grain to Türkiye at a diminished value.
“This issue is also being discussed with the participation of our friends from Qatar, who are ready to participate in the financial aspects of this initiative,” Lavrov mentioned.
ZELENSKY’S PEACE FORMULA ‘UNACCEPTABLE’
Lavrov additionally touched upon Ukraine, saying Fidan and he mentioned the state of affairs in Ukraine, throughout which he additionally reaffirmed Russia’s place ruling out a peace formulation by President Volodymyr Zelensky, which he described as “unacceptable, an ultimatum and obviously failed.”
“We have explained why it is impossible to rely on the efforts that are being made in this direction. These efforts are trying to replace any serious conversation about how to ensure equal and indivisible security, which will prevent conflicts in Europe,” he added.
Lavrov additionally reiterated Putin’s assure that Russia will totally compensate for a part of the grain despatched from Ukraine to the poorest international locations underneath the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
“President Putin’s guaranteed that the part of Ukrainian grain that was sent to countries in need during the operation of the Black Sea initiative, which is less than 3% of the total volume of exported Ukrainian product, we will fully compensate this part,” he added.
Zelensky’s formulation, which consists of 10 circumstances, was laid out on the newest G-20 summit in Indonesia, with its last step being signing a peace accord. It additionally focuses on points similar to nuclear security and meals and power safety.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
