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| Zakharova announces talks in Moscow between the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey |
| 2023-08-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Moscow , August 28, 2023, 12:27 - IA Regnum. Talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will be held in Moscow in the near future. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “In the near future, negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey will take place in Moscow,” TASS quoted her as saying. As reported by IA Regnum, on August 25, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov , said that the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with his counterpart from Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, would take place soon. Peskov clarified that intensive preparations are underway for such a meeting, and promised to inform about it in due time. The spokesman added that, as a rule, partner countries synchronize such announcements. On August 24, a Turkish diplomatic source said that Putin's meeting with Erdogan could take place in Sochi in early September. Prior to this, Erdogan said that he hoped that in September he would be able to personally meet with Putin. The Turkish leader noted that next month there would be a G20 meeting in India and the UN General Assembly in New York, where he could also meet with the Russian president. More from regnum.ru Expert said that Erdogan will offer Putin a grain deal Moscow , August 28, 2023, 19:01 - IA Regnum. The grain deal between Russia and Turkey can be discussed in two versions - in one it will be about Ukrainian food, and in the second - about Russian. On August 28, the director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research of the Financial University under the government, Aleksey Zubets , told an IA Regnum correspondent about this . Earlier, Bloomberg, citing its sources, reported that on September 8, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan may visit Russia and discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the terms of the resumption of the grain deal. As Zubets believes, during these alleged negotiations, Erdogan may offer Russia the security of communications along the Black Sea. “After Ukraine announced that it would consider all ships going to Novorossiysk and other ports as legitimate military targets, the problem of safe navigation in the Black Sea arose. Accordingly, we can talk about the fact that Turkey ensures the safety of transportation of Russian grain,” Zubets explained. According to him, the grain deal can be discussed in two versions. The first is Russian food, and the second is Ukrainian. And it is quite possible that these two directions of deliveries will be discussed separately. “In other words, Ukraine may not serve as the main source of food, and the grain deal will go exactly with the participation of Russia,” the economist said. Thus, as Zubets explained, the source of grain in this deal is not Ukraine, but Russia, while Turkey takes care of transporting the grain to Turkish territory, and then reselling it in Turkish ports to those people and countries who want to buy it. “It has not yet been possible to solve the problem with freight, insurance, financial services, and now even with security. None of the items. But Türkiye can solve these problems. If she takes on the task of exporting Russian grain from the territory of the Russian Federation. Then all these problems are removed. This option may well be discussed, ” the economist stated. As for the “grain deal with Ukraine” option, here, according to the economist, everything is more complicated. “Russia does not stop pressure on the port infrastructure of Ukraine. And the attacks on that infrastructure will continue. And in these conditions, it is not worth counting on Ukraine as a source of food. But Russia can just be such a source, ” concluded the economist. In turn, Maxim Maksimov, Associate Professor of the Department of Corporate Governance and Innovation of the Russian University of Economics. G.V. Plekhanova stated that there are no specific scenarios and solutions that could guarantee Russia's return to the grain deal in Turkey's arsenal now. Moreover, Turkey's lobbying resource, which it could use to make Russia's conditions accepted by Western countries, is not so high. “It is important to understand that Erdogan’s negotiating resources are significantly limited by his own obligations to the collective West,” Maksimov stressed. In his opinion, under the current conditions, a return to the grain deal does not meet the interests of Russia, and in the West this step will be perceived as a weakness of the Russian position. “The economic effect also looks extremely doubtful even if absolutely all the conditions of Russia are met. It seems more expedient to transfer the main food flows through the developing North-South corridor and direct the main efforts to develop its logistical connectivity with the countries of the Global South,” Maksimov believes. At the same time, Turkey's interests in the resuscitation of the Black Sea initiatives are obvious and tangible. Using the virtually unique route exclusivity, the Turkish authorities launched large-scale projects aimed at creating a powerful industry for processing grain and other agricultural products. The prolongation of the deal will allow Turkey to become one of the most powerful national players in the grain market in the world. Given the turbulence in the food markets, this status can bring Turkey in general and Recep Erdogan in particular a fairly serious international status. “Knowing the ambition of the Turkish leader, there is no doubt that he will make every effort to bring the grain deal back to life during a personal meeting with Vladimir Putin,” Maksimov summed up. Earlier, IA Regnum reported that, according to reports, after visiting Russia on September 8, Erdogan will go to the G20 summit in New Delhi, which will take place on September 9-10. Prior to this, information about the upcoming meeting between the presidents of Russia and Turkey was confirmed by the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov, but he has not yet specified the exact date of this conversation. Peskov also noted that there are no concrete agreements on the resumption of the grain deal with the participation of Russia, Turkey and Qatar, although discussions continue in various formats. According to Bild, Russia, Turkey and Qatar can conclude a grain deal on the export of Russian grain to the poorest countries in the world, and Turkey can act as the organizer of such supplies, and Qatar as a sponsor. |
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