Negotiations of Turkey and Russia: countries will discuss the "alternative grain agreement" - the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation

Ankara and Moscow intend to consider the export plan of 1 million tons of Russian grain to Turkey for further processing and transportation to third countries. Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Turkey Sergey Lavrov and Khakan Fidan are going to discuss the "alternative grain agreement" within the framework of future negotiations in Moscow.

About it writes the Russian edition "Interfax" on August 30 with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. It is reported that the heads of foreign policy agencies intend to work on the plan, according to which the Russian Federation can send 1 million tons of grain to Turkey at the financing of Qatar at a preferential cost for further processing and transportation to third countries.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the mentioned initiative belongs to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The department also noted that they "consider this project as an optimal working alternative to the" Black Sea Agreement. " Ministers exchange points of view of war in Ukraine and possible ways of its settlement.

In addition, the Russian Federation stated that they are going to point the Turkish side to "the loss of increasing military-technical cooperation between Ankara and Kiev. " TaiP Erdogan will go to Sochi to meet with Kremlin head Vladimir Putin on September 4. Expected that the main topic of the Presidential conversation will be the restoration of the grain of the Black Sea Initiative.