Turkey details UN plan for grain exports without need to de-mine Ukraine ports

ANKARA, 16 June 2022, (TON): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu detailed a UN plan to create a sea corridor from Ukraine for grain exports, saying “safe routes could be formed without needing to clear the mines around Ukrainian ports.”

His comments appeared to mark a shift from an earlier proposal to de-mine Ukraine’s ports, a move that Kyiv fears would leave it far more vulnerable to Russian attack from the Black Sea.

Cavusoglu discussed the plan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Ankara last week, but said “further discussions with Moscow and Kyiv were needed.”

Lavrov then said “the onus was on Ukraine to clear mines around its ports for commercial ships to approach.”

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