Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is in close contact with the United Nations on reviving the Black Sea grain initiative and he will discuss it with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at its general assembly this month.
Speaking to reporters after talks in Russia with Vladimir Putin, Erdogan was quoted as saying the latest U.N. proposal sought to address some Russian demands, and he repeated he believed a solution could be found soon.
Turkish media quoted him as saying, Russian demands include a return of its Agricultural Bank to the SWIFT payments system and insuring the ships involved in the grain initiative.
Turkey’s Erdogan says to discuss grain deal with UN’s Guterres this month
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