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Nov. 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced on Monday that Ankara will propose extending the grain export agreement signed by Russia and Ukraine for another year, which expires on November 19.
“We talk about the conflict and the humanitarian conditions separately. Ukraine has given written guarantees to Russia through Turkey. We will propose an extension of the agreement for one more year,” he said, according to the Turkish newspaper ‘Hurriyet’.
The Turkish Defense Minister, who chaired a meeting on Monday with a delegation from the United States Ministry of Defense, stressed that Ankara’s efforts to promote an extension of the pact “continue”.
“The grain initiative is a good example that the parties can resolve some problems through negotiations. With the use of this model, a ceasefire can be reached in the coming days,” he said, according to the agency. Anatolian news.
Russia announced last Tuesday its return to the agreement after breaking it in retaliation for an attack on its fleet in the Black Sea. Despite the lack of security guarantees from Moscow, the ships have continued to leave Ukrainian ports in recent weeks.
The agreement has allowed the export of almost 10 million tons since July. The UN relies on this pact to improve food security worldwide, to the extent that the outbreak of the conflict in February resulted in a break in the supply chain and a rise in prices that has particularly affected developing countries.
