Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart volodymyr zelensky in the coming days with the aim of restoring the grain export deal, the Turkish foreign minister said on Tuesday.
“Our President will speak with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky in the coming days,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters, reports AFP.
“We believe we will overcome this … (the grain deal) benefits everyone.”
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Russia on 3Oth October suspended participation in a UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal after what it says was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea.
Russia’s defence ministry said Ukraine attacked the Black Sea Fleet near Sevastopol on the annexed Crimean peninsular with 16 drones in the early hours of Saturday (30th Oct), and that British navy “specialists” had helped coordinate the “terrorist” attack.
The suspension by Russia cuts Ukrainian grain exports from its crucial Black Sea ports.
