Erdogan is on a one-day working visit to Russia’s coastal city of Sochi to discuss with Putin current regional and global issues, as well as bilateral ties. The revival of last year’s historic Black Sea grain deal that helped ease the global food crisis was a top issue at the meeting.
This July Russia suspended its participation in the deal, brokered by Türkiye and the UN, to resume grain exports from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports that were paused after the Ukraine war, which started in February 2022.
Moscow has complained that the West failed to meet its obligations on Russia’s own grain exports, and that not enough Ukrainian grain was going to countries in need. It says restrictions on payments, logistics, and insurance have stood in the way of its shipments.
Talking to ANews Channel, political analyst Dr. Ahmad Shahidov commented on the impacts of the Sochi summit on Turkiye-Russia relations, the world grain crisis and the war in Ukraine.
