The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganarrived this Friday at the spa of sochiin the Black Seato talk to the boss Kremlin, Vladimir Putinabout the war in Ukrainethe application of agreements on grain export and the situation in Syria, and that Ankara pay in rubles for Russian gas supplies.
According to Russian media reports, Erdoğan He traveled accompanied by a large delegation that includes the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Energy, Finance, Agriculture and Trade.
Erdoğan has been willing to mediate between Moscow Y Kyiv from the start of the Russian military campaign and, in fact, your country hosted several rounds of talks between Russians and Ukrainians.
According to the Turkish Presidency, Erdogan and Putin also discussed other regional and international issues, as well as Türkiye-Russia relations. As expected, they addressed issues such as the Syrian crisis and the conflict in Ukraine, now in its sixth month, while Türkiye’s diplomatic efforts to unblock Ukraine’s grain exports will also be on the agenda.
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However, the talks have stalled and fighting has intensified in the donbasthe main objective of the Russian Army when it began in February the “military special operation” in the neighboring country.
In addition, the spokesman for Kremlin, Dmitry Peskovspecified that Putin Y Erdoğan They will also exchange points of view “on how the journey of the first shipment of cereals from (the Ukrainian port of) Odessa passed.”
He was referring to freighter Razoniwhich he wore on Monday 26,500 tons of corn since Odessa to the Lebanon crossing the strait Bosphorus.
According to the Turkish authorities, three other ships will depart on Friday from the Ukrainian ports of Odessa, Chornomosk Y Pvidenny.
In addition to bilateral affairsespecially cheap, according to peskovthe leaders will treat the situation in syriafor which Hakan Fidan, the head of the Turkish intelligence service, has also traveled to Sochi.
According to the Turkish press, Erdoğan wants to get the approval of Putin for a new turkish military operation in the north of Syria against the kurdish militias, the Popular Protection Units (YPG)which has been announcing for weeks.
About, peskov highlighted today in his daily telephone press conference the “legitimate concern” Turkish security, but considered “very important” avoid actions that cause “the destabilization of the situation in Syria” or that threaten your “territorial integrity”.
Russia is the main political and military ally of the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assadwhile turkish It has supported Islamist militias opposed to the regime since that civil war began in 2011.
Source: EFE
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