Erdogan shows Zelensky his joy at the reactivation of the grain pact

the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoganexpressed this Wednesday by telephone to his counterpart ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelenskyhis satisfaction with the reactivation of the grain export agreement, suspended over the weekend due to Moscow.

Erdoğan stressed the great importance that both Ukraine as Russia they can sell cereals to the rest of the world, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency, quoted by the official Anadolu agency.

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The agreement, signed last July between Moscow and kyiv, mediated by Ankara and the United Nations, has so far allowed the export of 9.7 million tons of cereals and sunflower products from three Ukrainian ports.

Moscow suspended the pact in protest at a drone attack on its military fleet in Sevastopol, a port located on the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, but after numerous phone calls between the top Turkish and Russian leaders, it today agreed to reactivate it.

The Russian government said that kyiv had given it written guarantees that “will not use the humanitarian corridor and Ukrainian ports designated for the export of agricultural products for military operations.”

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Erdoğan recalled in his conversation with Zelensky today that diplomatic efforts must be intensified to end the war through a just solution, on the assumption that Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be restored.

Source: Elcomercio

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