Mr Erdogan said work was under way on extending the Black Sea grain deal beyond its expiration date of July 17. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was pressing Russia to extendby at least three months and announced a visit by President Vladimir Putin in August.
Mr Erdogan said work was under way on extending the Black Sea grain deal beyond its expiration date of July 17 and for longer periods beyond that. Both men said they had also discussed another key question for Mr Erdogan’s talks with Mr Putin – the question of prisoner exchanges, which Mr Zelensky said had been the first thing on their agenda.Mr Zelensky said he would wait for a result to comment but made clear the discussion had gone into specifics on returning all captives including children deported to Russia and other groups.
The Kremlin said on Friday it would watch the Erdogan-Zelensky talks closely, adding that Mr Putin has highly appreciated the Turkish President’s efforts to mediate a resolution of the conflict in Ukraine.
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