Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, appreciated the Russian side’s agreement to extend the Istanbul agreements (grain deal). This has been reported area Kremlin.
“The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan … The Turkish leader positively evaluated the agreement of Russia to extend the Istanbul agreements for Ukraine grain exports for 60 days…” the message says.
As noted, we are talking about unblocking Russian exports of food and fertilizers.
March 17, Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov approved extension of the grain agreement by 60 days.
Also, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin declarationHe said the decision to extend the grain agreement for only 60 days, not 120 days, was made in Moscow because of the lack of progress in Russia’s food and fertilizer supplies.