In his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed the renewed of the grain agreement for shipping Russian grain to Africa and other parts of the world through Türkiye during their meeting in Astana.
“I have asked him his opinion about launching a new process for delivering grain to Africa and other countries sensitively important in terms of food security, without considering Europe as a destination, through a corridor to be set via Türkiye,” Erdoğan told journalists aboard his return flight from Astana on July 5.
Hürriyet Daily News added that Erdoğan said that Putin remains loyal to the goals of the Istanbul grain initiative. “It would be beneficial for us to develop this,” he stated, recalling more than 30 million tons of grain had been shipped to the world markets through the Black Sea Grain Initiative. According to Hürriyet, Erdogan pointed out that Putin does not want to send the Russian grain to Europe but is positive about doing so for African countries. “That’s why we will continue our talks to this end,” he said.