Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodoymyr Zelenskyy met in Istanbul for talks on Friday.
After one-on-one talks on the Vahdettin Mansion, Erdoğan and Zelenskyy will maintain inter-delegational conferences to debate bilateral relations, regional and worldwide points, together with the most recent developments within the Russia-Ukraine struggle, the Black Sea grain deal which is ready to run out on July 17, and making certain peace and stability within the Black Sea area.
The leaders are additionally anticipated deal with a joint news convention.
A 12 months in the past Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine signed an settlement in Istanbul to renew grain exports from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports which had been paused after the Russia-Ukraine struggle started in February 2022. A Joint Coordination Center with officers from the three international locations and the UN was arrange in Istanbul to supervise the shipments.
Under the deal, greater than 32 million tons of grain have been transported to folks in want, in line with Turkish officers.
Russian officers have strongly hinted that they might block the extension of the grain deal this month, complaining that components of the deal to permit Russian exports have gone unfulfilled.
Türkiye, internationally praised for its distinctive mediator position between Ukraine and Russia, has repeatedly referred to as on Kyiv and Moscow to finish the struggle by negotiations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
