Russia Says It Worked Closely With Türkiye on Black Sea Shipping Safety as Attacks Hit 2 Turkish Ships
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Updated · Daily Sabah · Sep 21
Russia Says It Worked Closely With Türkiye on Black Sea Shipping Safety as Attacks Hit 2 Turkish Ships
3 articles · Updated · Daily Sabah · Sep 21
Summary
Maria Zakharova said Russia has been working closely with Türkiye to keep Black Sea shipping safe, replying to Turkish remarks about a proposal sent to Moscow to end hostilities there.
Türkiye has pressed both Russia and Ukraine to halt attacks on civilian vessels, with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan calling for a moratorium on Aug. 8 as strikes intensified in the fifth year of the war.
Two Turkish-owned ships were hit in August — the Lider Bordo Mavi off the Russian coast and the Lider Kocatepe sent to tow it — prompting Ankara to summon Ukraine's envoy.
Türkiye, a NATO member that keeps ties with both Kyiv and Moscow and has not joined Western sanctions on Russia, is again floating a revived grain-corridor model; President Tayyip Erdoğan plans to discuss it with Vladimir Putin in November.