ISTANBUL, Jul 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, may visit Türkiye next month for talks on several issues.
“We are preparing to host Putin in Aug,” Erdogan told reporters, after Friday prayers at an Istanbul mosque.
According to Erdogan, one of the key issues expected on the agenda of the two leaders’ talks is, whether the Black Sea Grain Initiative will be prolonged.
The deal, brokered by Türkiye and the United Nations, that allows Ukraine to export grain and other agricultural products from its Black Sea ports, will expire on Jul 17.
Erdogan called for extending the deal last week, stressing that, poor African countries in particular, are in desperate need of grain shipments from Ukraine.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative was launched in Jul, 2022, to provide a humanitarian maritime corridor for ships with food and fertiliser exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports.– NNN-XINHUA
