While Ankara and the UN received information about an alternative project to the “grain corridor” on the Danube, the Turkish side expressed their concerns during the talks and expressed the risks in the context of the ongoing conflict. This has been reported DEA News By citing a source participating in the negotiations.
According to him, it was stated that alternative routes were risky and there were fears due to the increase in tension in the Black Sea. He stressed that the Turkish side insisted on returning the grain agreement to its original form.
Before that, UN Secretary-General António Guterres declarationHe said he sent a message to Sergei Lavrov, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, with proposals for a grain deal.
Earlier, Lavrov said that after his meetings with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, he brought to Turkey’s attention the conditions under which the Russian side might be ready to return to the grain agreement after fulfilling all the articles of the RF-UN agreement.
Last ship previously covered by grain agreement left Black Sea.