WASHINGTON, 22 July 2022, (TON): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul, a UN spokesperson said as United Nations and Turkish officials seek to get a deal with Russia and Ukraine in writing to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports.
deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq told “the situation remains a little bit fluid, so I can’t really say when something will be signed.”
“We’re not quite there yet.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said “he was hopeful about reaching a deal and that talks were going well.”
Ankara said a general agreement was reached on a UN-led plan during talks in Istanbul last week and that it wants to put this into writing this week.