The final decision on the extension of the grain deal has yet to be made. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s statement regarding the 60 days is Ankara’s expectation. It has been reported DEA News citing a source familiar with the negotiations.
No decision was taken, an expectation statement was made,” he said.
According to the agency’s interlocutor, there is still hope for reconciliation after the talks on 11 May.
There are hopes, but everything depends on the outcome of the negotiations. “There is an understanding that the fate of a deal that matters to the whole world is determined,” the source said.
Formerly Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey’s counter extending the “grain deal” by at least two months.
10 May in Istanbul started grain agreement negotiations It was reported that Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations (UN) representatives attended the talks.
On July 22, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN signed an agreement in Istanbul on the creation of a corridor for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine via the Black Sea. The grain deal has been extended several times. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly noted that the “package” of agreements proposed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022 did not work because the demands of the Russian side were not taken into account.