Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File | Photo Credit: AP, REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks after Moscow broke off a deal partly brokered by Ankara … Read more
Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis-flagged bulker TK Majestic, carrying grain under the U.N.’s Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey on July 15, 2023. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on July 17 it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in … Read more
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink suggested that all countries must empathise with Ukraine’s situation, in a possible reference to China’s transgressions at the LAC. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With the clock ticking on the Black Sea Grain Initiative deal’s extension this month, the U.S. envoy to Ukraine appealed to India on Wednesday to … Read more
Russia said on Thursday that a landmark deal to ensure the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports was only being “half-implemented”, raising doubts about whether it would allow an extension of the deal that is due to expire next week. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey … Read more