Türkiye and Russia will weigh in on a brand new mechanism to permit Ukrainian grain exports by way of the Black Sea when their two leaders meet within the coming days, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan mentioned Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is anticipated to go to Türkiye on Feb. 12 to fulfill President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a Turkish official beforehand mentioned, in what would be the Russian chief’s first journey to a NATO ally since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
There are efforts to search out “new methods” to move Ukrainian grain to the world markets, Fidan mentioned in an interview with non-public A Haber tv.
“The previous grain deal worked within a certain mechanism, now it has been seen that there is a possibility of going with a different mechanism, and now there are efforts to concretize this possibility,” Fidan mentioned, including that Erdoğan will increase this problem in his assembly with Putin in Türkiye.
Ankara has sought to steer Russia to return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which Moscow pulled out of in July 2023, a 12 months after it was carried out. The accord was brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye to supply secure passage to exports from Ukrainian ports.
Russia says it give up the deal as a result of the association was not delivering grain to the poorest international locations, and since it nonetheless faces boundaries to its personal exports of grain and fertilizer.
Kyiv has mentioned talks had been underway to revive the deal, however Moscow mentioned there was no prospect of reinstating it.
Fidan mentioned some ships had managed to move Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea, even with out the accord in place.
“We want to make clear this de-facto (situation) with the new mechanism,” he mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com