2023-09-04 12:46:13
Meeting between Putin and Erdogan has started Negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the grain deal have started. The Kremlin boss received his guest on Monday afternoon in front of his residence in Sochi on the Black Sea, as television pictures showed. Both sides were ready to talk about the grain agreement on Monday in Sochi. Putin said he knew that Erdogan wanted to address the grain deal at the meeting. “We are open to negotiations on this issue,” he said at the beginning of the call. Erdogan said: “The message we will deliver to the world after our meeting will be a significant step, especially for less developed African countries.”
Erdogan has traveled to Russia to promote a revival of the Ukrainian grain export deal. Turkey had brokered the agreement in the summer of 2022, which ended the Russian naval blockade of Ukrainian ports, also in its own interest. Russia suspended the agreement in mid-July.
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