Head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dmitry Kuleba, is confident that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can help keep the grain deal going. He told the newspaper Corriere della greenhouse.
Turkish diplomacy works with Russian diplomacy, but we are building alternative routes for wheat export that does not pass through the Black Sea.
At the same time, Kuleba excluded direct negotiations with the Russian leadership.
“Last year, an agreement on grain was reached through the mediation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Erdogan. There were two separate agreements with us and with Moscow. “This could be an option: A creative approach is needed to find solutions.”
Before that, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin declarationThe revival of the grain agreement is only possible if Moscow’s requirements are met. He also added that another condition for the resumption of the grain agreement is compliance with the agreements for the declared humanitarian goals.
Last ship previously covered by grain agreement left Black Sea.