Erdogan and Putin met for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that not all issues related to the export of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea ports have been resolved.
Putin stated this at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Iranian capital, Tehran, reports AlArabiya with reference to TARS.
Putin thanked Erdogan for his mediation efforts and providing a Turkish platform for negotiations on food security issues and the issue of grain exports through the Black Sea ports.
“Through your mediation, we moved forward. True, not all issues have been resolved yet, but the fact that there is a movement is already good,” Putin said.
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We will remind that on July 13, a meeting was held in Istanbul between representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. After its conclusion, it was announced that a second round of talks would take place next week.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the US and its European allies have hit Moscow with devastating sanctions. . The sanctions have disrupted the supply of fertilizer, grain and other goods from both Russia and Ukraine, which together produce 30 percent of the world's wheat supply.
The supply disruptions have sparked what international officials have called a food crisis.
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Erdogan has offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, and his government is making efforts to ease the food crisis by facilitating diplomatic talks between the two sides.
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