Russian President Vladimir Putin this Thursday arranged for the distribution of grains and fertilizers to the poorest countries through Turkey, fulfilling the agreement brokered by the UN to solve one of the problems caused by the war in Russia. Ukraine.
“We are committed to ensuring the shipment of grains and fertilizers to the least developed countries”Putin told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at a meeting in Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of a regional summit, according to a note from the Kremlin (Russian presidency).
Putin welcomed the fact that Russia and Turkey agree on several issues, namely on energy and food, and pledged to strengthen the Istanbul agreement signed in July under the auspices of the UN to Ukrainian and Russian grain, the transport of which was conditioned because of the war in Ukraine, caused by a Russian military offensive in late February.
The Russian leader – who welcomed Turkey’s interest in becoming a Russian gas distribution center to Europe – acknowledged that common projects between the two countries may not appeal to the West.
“Russia and Turkey are together. I’m sure our common moves will cause concern in some quarters and in some countries, but we are determined,” Putin said, according to the report of the conversation between the two. by the Kremlin.
Putin also said the agriculture and energy ministers of Moscow and Ankara are already negotiating to advance the protocols for distributing gas to Europe and selling Russian grains and fertilizers to the least developed countries.
Source: DN
