Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will "soon" visit Russia for talks with counterpart Vladimir Putin on reviving a Black Sea grain deal that could be used as a springboard for broader Ukraine peace negotiations. A spokesman for Erdogan's ruling party told reporters on August 28 that the meeting will take place in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi and focus on averting a looming "food crisis." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters earlier that a meeting was being prepared "intensively" but provided no time or place for the talks.
Erdogan To Push Putin On Revival Of Black Sea Grain Deal In Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) welcomes his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Moscow in 2019.