Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Ankara. Speaking about the grain corridor plan in the Black Sea at the press conference after the meeting, Çavuşoğlu said, “We are talking about a mechanism that can be established between the UN, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. As Turkey, we see this plan as feasible.” Lavrov said: “There is no situation that will create a food crisis. Ukrainians are holding grain and people hostage.”
There may again be grounds for Russia-Ukraine negotiations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says in joint news conference with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Ankara
Ankara finds UN’s plan to establish mechanism on food corridor ‘reasonable and feasible’ amid Russia-Ukraine war, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Ukraine’s grain export has no connection to possible food crisis, its share is very small, about 1%
Türkiye urges all to jointly pave way for exports products from both Ukraine and Russia, says Turkish foreign minister
Russian, Turkish militaries are discussing issue of clearing mines in Ukraine’s sea ports to free way for grain export, Russian foreign minister says
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says he exchanged views on meeting of Syrian Constitutional Committee with his Turkish counterpart Cavusoglu
Moscow values Türkiye’s efforts aiming to unblock situation about grain exports from Ukrainian sea ports, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says
Even when Russia and Türkiye have differences, they respect positions of each other, this is the key to achievements in relations, Lavrov says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says main problem in the export of Ukraine’s grain is Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s refusal to discuss clearing of sea mines
Foreign Minister Lavrov says Russia ready for meeting with UN, Ukraine in Istanbul; urges resumption of Moscow-Kyiv peace talks
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov expresses readiness to provide any kind of security for ships leaving Ukraine’s ports, ‘hand-in-hand’ with Turkish counterparts
Turkish foreign minister says Latin American countries are ‘really concerned’ about food crisis issue as well
Türkiye expects US, Russia to fulfill commitments made in Syria against terrorist organizations and abide by agreements signed in 2019, says Turkish foreign minister
Terrorist groups threatening Syria have also upped the ante against Türkiye, says Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu, stressing need to eliminate threat
Moscow guarantees it will not use demining of Ukrainian ports to attack the country, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says
Russian foreign minister protests US support to ‘terror organization’ in Syria, says Moscow experienced similar problem in Caucasus in 1990s
On Ukrainian reporter’s question about ‘stolen products by Russia from Ukraine,’ Lavrov says ‘Russians are not Ukrainians, don’t judge us by yourself, we are not there to steal’
Turkish foreign minister calls Russia’s demands on removal of sanctions to help grain exports ‘legitimate’
