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Türkiye and UN prepare proposals for grain deal — MEDIA

23 August 2023 11:46 (UTC +04:00)

The results of the upcoming talks of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Kyiv and Moscow on the grain deal may serve as a basis for the resumption of the Black Sea grain corridor, a diplomatic source in Ankara told TASS, APA reports.

The top Turkish diplomat will visit Kyiv on August 25. He will then visit Moscow; however, the dates of his visit are not disclosed. The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan may take place in Russia in September, according to the sources in the Turkish presidential administration.

"The talks of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Kyiv and Moscow will create the basis for reaching an agreement on the resumption of the grain deal, which may be finalized at the Erdogan-Putin meeting. There are grounds for this, given the progress reached with Türkiye’s mediation on the grain deal consultations with the UN and the West," the source said.

According to the diplomat, Ankara considers it necessary to resume the grain corridor in its former format, taking into account the demands of the Russian side to fulfill its part of the package deal concluded in Istanbul in July 2022.

The grain deal expired on July 17.