Turkey’s Erdogan Tells Ukraine’s Zelenskyy that Black Sea Attacks Are Inexplicable
Turkey said it is ready to help revive direct negotiations as attacks on commercial vessels threaten navigational safety and grain shipments.
- On Sept 24, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Volodymyr Zelenskiy that attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea were "inexplicable," demanding steps to ensure navigational safety.
- President Erdogan stated Turkey is ready to facilitate "lasting peace" and "revive direct negotiations" between the warring sides, building on its history of hosting previous rounds of talks.
- Earlier, Zelenskiy told leaders at a "Crimean Platform" summit on the sidelines of the General Assembly that Kyiv was open to a maritime truce in the Black Sea based on proposals from Egypt, India, and Turkey.
- Ankara has sent offers to both sides to halt attacks, some of which targeted Turkish-owned vessels, and is currently awaiting a response from Moscow and Kyiv.
- NATO member Turkey continues balancing ties with both Russia and Ukraine while urging an end to hostilities, as global food markets remain strained following the collapse of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
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Turkey has stepped up its diplomatic efforts to restore the Grain Corridor in the Black Sea and has accelerated its diplomatic steps in this direction. The question has already been discussed with Ukraine, the answer has been positive, as reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the briefing by the President of Turkey to journalists in New York. "The issue of security in the Black Sea is very important to us and to our region. The Black Sea is …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the Ukrainian and Russian attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea incomprehensible during their meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, and demanded that they be stopped immediately.
When the "Fints" of Turkish shipowners supplying cargo for the Kiev regime opened up, the President of Turkey decided to intervene more actively in the process, namely, that the cargo, including fuel, from Turkish ports, was officially going to Romania.
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