Breaking news: The issue of grain shipment continues to be the number one agenda item closely followed by the world. Finally, a remarkable statement came from Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the “Turkey” detail in Putin’s statement drew attention, the Russian leader announced an important development regarding the grain shipment to Turkey. Here are all the details of the last minute development…
In his meeting with the Russian Security Council, Putin spoke about the agreement for grain shipments from Ukraine, which Russia was involved again, through Turkey’s diplomatic initiatives.
DEMANDED WARRANTY FROM UKRAINE
Explaining that Ukraine used the humanitarian corridor designated for shipments to attack Russian ships, Putin said, “Therefore, we suspended our participation in the grain agreement. We demanded guarantees from Ukraine that such an event would not occur in the future.” made the statement.
Pointing out that the situation has become clear with Turkey’s mediation efforts, Putin said: “The Russian Ministry of Defense received information from the Turkish side that Ukraine gave the guarantees in question. In this context, I instructed to continue our work under the agreement. Russia violated the guarantees given by Ukraine. reserves the right to withdraw from the agreement. used the phrase.
Putin underlined that if Russia withdraws from the agreement, they are ready to ship the amount of grain shipped from Ukraine to poor countries.
ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL NOT BLOCK GRAIN SHIPMENT TO TURKEY
Emphasizing that they will not prevent the shipments from Ukraine to Turkey in the future, even if Russia withdraws from the agreement, Putin said, “Russia will not prevent the grain supply from Ukraine to Turkey, its neutrality, the possibilities of the grain processing industry and the promises made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for poor countries. will not hinder in the future because of the effort. In this sense, we do not have the slightest doubt and we will continue to cooperate with Turkey under all circumstances,” he said.