Cavusoglu is confident that grain exports from Ukrainian ports will be carried out without interruption

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July 28 () –

Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, expressed this Thursday his wish that grain exports from Ukrainian ports be carried out without interruption, since if the agreement is implemented “successfully” it would be a measure to “promote trust for both parties.

Turkey, along with Russia, Ukraine and the UN signed an agreement at the end of last week to reopen three Ukrainian ports that had been blocked for months due to the war started by Russia on February 24.

The agreement went ahead after the parties agreed to a UN-sponsored plan to form a coordination center in the city of Istanbul with the aim of carrying out joint inspections at port entrances and exits and guaranteeing the security of the routes.

In this regard, the ships are expected to cross the Black Sea to the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey, where the joint coordination center is located. Said center will be in charge of examining the ships that enter Ukraine to guarantee that they do not carry weapons or combat material.

“Third countries should also support. There are no losers or winners in war. Everyone loses. There are also no losers in peace. As long as there is a just peace. Ultimately, this war will end at the table of diplomacy,” he added. Cavusoglu regarding negotiations and diplomacy between the parties.

On the other hand, the Turkish Foreign Minister has met with his Georgian counterpart, Ilia Darchiashvili, to promote the free trade agreement between the two nations, according to the Anatolia news agency.

“The purpose of these meetings is that lately it seems difficult and impossible for products from Asia and Central Asia to reach European markets, especially due to the war in Ukraine. Hence the importance of the middle corridor and the position of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, which are increasing”, he pointed out.

Georgia applied to join the European Union shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia and backs the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where thousands of troops are deployed.