Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Erdogan Announces Trip To Russia Where He'll Seek To Restore Grain Deal With Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Erdogan meet on the sidelines CICA summit in Astana © Thomson Reuters

 

Bloomberg: Erdogan Plans to Meet Putin Next Week to Discuss Grain Deal  

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia next week to discuss reviving the Black Sea grain deal. 

Erdogan could possibly go to Russia on Sept. 8, before traveling to India to attend the Group of 20 Summit in New Delhi, according two Turkish officials familiar with the matter. The Turkish presidency declined to comment. 

Erdogan wants the deal, which allowed Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea and which Russia pulled out of last month, to be restarted. Global wheat prices have been volatile since then and especially after Russia targeted some Ukrainian crop-export infrastructure with drones. Erdogan is working to make sure that the world doesn’t face a food crisis, Omer Celik, spokesman for Turkey’s ruling AK Party, said Monday.  

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Update #1: Turkey's Erdogan to visit Russia 'soon' to discuss grain deal (Reuters)  

Update #2: Erdogan Announces Russia Trip Where He'll Seek To Restore Grain Deal With Putin (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: I have doubts that the grain deal will be restored. The West has shown no interest to meet Russian demands that their grain exports will not be impeded by Western sanctions.

3 comments:

  1. Discuss the "grain deal".. More likely more drones.

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  2. USS Ford (CVN 78) is currently anchored off the coast of Antalya, Turkey. Or has been for the last 5 days.

    https://www.dvidshub.net/news/452133/uss-gerald-r-ford-cvn-78-arrives-antalya-turkiye

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  3. Interesting Rus, also, I was wrong. This trip is about why Russia and Syria are bombing Turkish backed terrorists in Idlib.

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