Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, declared on Wednesday that Moscow and Ankara are collaborating on the construction of a third nuclear power facility.
He also said in an interview reported by the Turkish Anatolia Agency, that he agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that the priority in the grain export agreement to the needy African countries and that Ankara and Moscow agreed to send shipments of grain for both Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan.
The shipment of grains over the Black Sea will continue to be handled by Russia, according to a statement made earlier today by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. based on information provided by the Turkish news agency.
This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that if Kiev knowingly “violated guarantees” required by Moscow, Russia would have to withdraw once more from the grain export agreement.
“I requested that the Ministry of Defense rejoin the grain export arrangement.
In a brief statement live broadcast by Russian television, Putin stated that Russia “reserves the right to withdraw from this deal if Ukraine violates the guarantees.
According to the Russian “Interfax” news agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that it was “possible to acquire formal pledges from Kyiv not to utilise the grain corridor to carry out military operations against Russia.”
After accusing Kiev of using marches to assault its fleet stationed in the Crimea, Russia withdrew from the pact.
Notably, the deal reached between Ukraine and Russia in July under the auspices of Turkey and the UN expires on November 19 in an effort to ease the global food crisis brought on by the fighting, particularly in Africa.
More than nine have been exported thus far thanks to the deal.
Since the start of the war in late February, 5 million tonnes of food from Ukraine have been delayed in the ports.
Erdogan: To develop a third nuclear power plant, we are collaborating with Russia.
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