THE Turkey is ready to host a “quadripartite meeting” with United Nationsτη Russia and Ukraine for the purpose of arranging the transport of cereals to Black Seasaid yesterday (15/6) the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Tsavousoglu.
Millions of tonnes of grain remain stranded in blockaded Ukrainian ports or under Russian occupation and their transport is made dangerous by the existence of mines.
According to the Turkish Foreign Minister, the United Nations has submitted a plan to facilitate exports.
“This plan could work without the demining of sea routes”he said, referring to creation “Safe roads” in the Black Sea. “Demining would take too long”write down.
“Turkey supports this plan and is waiting for a response from Russia. Technical meetings between military continue “stressed Tsavousoglou.
“If Russia responds favorably, a quadripartite meeting could be held to study in detail the plan with the UN, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.”.
“We must respond to everyone’s concerns”the minister continued: “Russia wants assurances that the ships will not carry weapons and Ukraine wants to be sure that Russia will not use these corridors to attack.”Tsavousoglou added.
Turkish diplomat hosts Russian counterpart last week Sergei Lavrov in Ankara to discuss the issue of exports from Ukrainian ports under the threat of a serious food crisis, but without the meeting of the two top officials yielding tangible results.
The representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stefan Duradzicreiterated Turkey’s role in this case.
“We are in close contact and are working closely with the Turkish authorities on this issue”he assured, believing that “The role of the Turkish army will be crucial”.
Source: News Beast
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