Any initiative to revive Black Sea grain deal that excludes Russia will not be sustainable: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Black Sea grain deal that excludes Russia will not be sustainable.
«A process for the grain issue that excludes Russia is unlikely to be sustainable,» Erdogan said at a press meet after the G-20 summit in India.
This July, Moscow suspended its participation in the Black Sea grain deal, brokered by Türkiye and the UN, to resume grain exports from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports that were paused after the Ukraine war in February 2022.
Moscow has complained that the West failed to meet its obligations on Russian grain exports and that not enough Ukrainian grain was going to countries in need. It says restrictions on payments, logistics, and insurance have stood in the way of its shipments.
Türkiye says the deal should be resumed by addressing deficiencies, and there is no alternative as other proposals have failed to offer a «sustainable, secure and lasting» model.
«We are making intense efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
