Turkey Pushes New Black Sea Grain Deal as 2 Ship Attacks Threaten Food Security
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 31
Turkey Pushes New Black Sea Grain Deal as 2 Ship Attacks Threaten Food Security
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 31
Summary
Hakan Fidan said Turkey is working with Kiev and Moscow on a new Black Sea grain-export agreement to replace the 2022 deal that expired in 2023.
Drone attacks on shipping have sharply raised the urgency: Turkey says Black Sea traffic has nearly dried up, and Fidan warned the strikes threaten both regional security and global food supplies.
Two Turkish ships were attacked on Aug. 26 and 27, prompting Ankara to summon Ukraine's ambassador; a Hong Kong-flagged tanker also ran aground off Samsun after a separate drone strike.
Putin and Erdogan are due to discuss the Black Sea on Tuesday in Kyrgyzstan, with Ukraine backing a new ceasefire there while Russia has recently rejected that idea.