Published September 10,2023
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Any initiative to revive the Black Sea grain deal that excludes Russia is not going to be sustainable, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Sunday.
“A process for the grain issue that excludes Russia is unlikely to be sustainable,” Erdoğan stated at a news convention after the G-20 summit in India.
The G-20 leaders, within the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, gathered within the capital New Delhi for a two-day summit below the theme of “One Earth, One Family, One Future.”
This July, Moscow suspended its participation within the Black Sea grain deal, brokered by Türkiye and the UN, to renew grain exports from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports that had been paused after the Ukraine battle in February 2022.
Moscow has complained that the West failed to satisfy its obligations on Russian grain exports and that not sufficient Ukrainian grain was going to nations in want. It says restrictions on funds, logistics, and insurance coverage have stood in the way in which of its shipments.
Türkiye says the deal needs to be resumed by addressing deficiencies, and there’s no various as different proposals have failed to supply a “sustainable, secure and lasting” mannequin.
“We are making intense efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. We have undertaken many diplomatic moves, from the Istanbul Process, which brought the parties around the same table, to prisoner exchanges and the Black Sea Initiative,” Erdoğan stated.
Within the framework of the Black Sea grain deal, 33 million tons of grain had been delivered to worldwide markets, Erdoğan stated, including: “Thanks to the initiative, we prevented the food crisis from deepening further.”
Türkiye will quickly convene the Food Safety Working Group to contribute to international meals safety, he added.
“We are of the opinion that any steps that may disturb the peace in the Black Sea and escalate the tension in the region should be avoided,” Erdoğan pressured.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
