Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish envoy Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation on Monday that Russia was ready to cooperate with Turkey to move goods freely from Ukraine to the Black Sea, including grain.
Putin stressed that the Russian side is ready to cooperate with Turkish partners and facilitate unrestricted sea transport of goods. This also applies to grain exports from Ukrainian ports, ”the Kremlin told AFP and Reuters.
In the same discussion with Erdogan, Putin reaffirmed that “if sanctions against Russia are lifted, Russia will be able to export substantial amounts of fertilizer and agricultural products.”
“In the discussion on the situation in Ukraine, the emphasis was on ensuring the safety of navigation in the Black and Azov Seas and eliminating the threat of mines,” the Kremlin was quoted as saying by sources quoted by Agerpres.
Naval landmines were found floating in the Black Sea following Russia’s military occupation of Ukraine. According to Moscow, the mines were placed on the coast by the Ukrainian military and separated from the anchor cables, while according to Kiev they were started by Russia from the stockpile of Ukrainian mines captured by the Russian military in Crimea. In this Peninsula 2014.
Following the outbreak of the war against Ukraine on February 24, Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea were blocked by Russia, forcing the country to ship its exports by rail or through smaller ports in the Danube, after which its exports were halved. This month from the same period last year.
Russia and Ukraine account for one-third of world wheat exports. Ukraine is a major exporter of maize, barley, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil, while Russia and Belarus – a country that supported the Russian occupation against Ukraine and was targeted by Western sanctions – jointly export 40% of the world’s potassium fertilizers. .
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