After meeting with Putin, the president of Turkey says that peace is not in sight

The president of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said this Tuesday, after meeting on Monday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinwhich does not see “promising” prospects for peace between Russia and Ukraine be achieved in the foreseeable future.

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“Unfortunately, the war that has already lasted a year and a half continues. There are no promising prospects for peace on the horizon“, said erdoğan to the Turkish journalists who accompanied him on his plane back to Ankara from the Russian city of Sochi.

“As TürkiyeWe have reiterated that there are no winners in war or losers in peace, and that we are willing to make our contribution when the parties request it.”added the president, as quoted by Turkish media.

Regarding the agreement on the corridor for the grain export from the ports of Black Seawhich ran for a year before it Moscow left it on hold after refusing last July to extend it, erdoğan He recalled that Putin accuses Western nations of not fulfilling their part of the commitment.

The Turkish president stressed that to reactivate the agreement the kremlin demands that the Russian agricultural bank return to the system SWIFTin order to be able to insure the ships used in the transport of Russian grain.

“However, both on the subject SWIFT as in insurance West has a very different view of Russia“, he pointed.

“Due to this different view, Mr. putin now says: ‘You are not fulfilling your obligations to me, and since you are not fulfilling your obligations to meI will not participate in joint work with them on this issue’”, he commented.

Source: Elcomercio

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