MOSCOW: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday (Sep 4) that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations
on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market.
"As Türkiye, we believe that we will reach a solution that will meet the expectations in a short time," Erdogan said in the Black Sea resort of Sochi after his first face to face meeting with Putin since 2022. "Ukraine needs to especially soften its approaches in order for it to be possible for joint steps to be taken with Russia," he told reporters.
Standing beside Erdogan, Putin restated Russia's position that it could return to the deal but only if the West stopped restricting Russian agricultural exports from reaching global markets. A separate memorandum agreed with the United Nations calls for conditions to facilitate Russia's food and fertiliser exports.REVIVING THE GRAIN DEAL
"The West continues to block the supply of grain and fertilisers from the Russian Federation to world markets," Putin said, adding that the West had"cheated" Russia over the deal because rich countries got more than 70 per cent of the grain exported under the deal.
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