Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he wanted to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the grain corridor issue. According to the report, he told reporters this on the plane after returning from Hungary. RIA News.
“When we meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future, we will say this: ‘Let’s make the grain corridor work,’” Erdoğan said.
He noted that he hopes Ankara will receive positive responses from the Russian leader and continue on its way.
Formerly at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statedIt was stated that the Russian side continues negotiations with the UN on the implementation of agreements on the removal of obstacles to grain exports from the Russian Federation, but the negotiations have not yet yielded results.
December 17, Dmitry Patrushev, head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture statedHe said Russia was not interested in extending the grain agreement.
Previously expert saidIt could replace the previous grain agreement.