Turkish foreign minister, NATO chief discuss revival of Black Sea grain deal

Turkish foreign minister, NATO chief discuss revival of Black Sea grain deal

Published September 05,2023


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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday mentioned over cellphone revival of the Black Sea grain deal, Turkish diplomatic sources stated.

Fidan and Stoltenberg additionally exchanged views on the most recent developments in Ukraine, and Sweden’s NATO bid.

The improvement got here a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin within the coastal metropolis of Sochi. Restoring the 2022 settlement that helped ease world meals disaster was prime on the agenda.

This July, Moscow suspended its participation within the deal, brokered by Türkiye and the UN, to renew grain exports from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports that have been paused after the Ukraine struggle in February 2022.

Moscow has complained that the West failed to satisfy its obligations on Russia’s personal 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 ought to be resumed by addressing deficiencies, and there’s no different as different proposals have failed to supply a “sustainable, secure and lasting” mannequin.

Source: www.anews.com.tr