Zelenskyy met with Erdogan in Istanbul: They agreed to work on Black Sea ’grain corridor’. VIDEO
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Turkish leader,Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, held a meeting in Istanbul. A significant part of the talks between the two heads of state focused on finding ways to reopen the Black Sea.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on social media, according to Censor.NET.
New ideas regarding the Black Sea
The Head of State noted that his meeting with Erdogan took placeon International Black Sea Day.
"And a significant part of the conversation was devoted to issues concerning the Black Sea. We discussed with President Erdogan some new ideas and proposals that could help. This also concerns food security. And today we agreed with President Erdogan to work on the Black Sea ‘grain corridor’ to ensure that the corridor is established and operates effectively," Zelenskyy said .
Free trade
In addition, Ukraine and Turkey are preparingnew joint industrial and other economic projects. The President recalled that the free trade agreement between our countries has already come into force, and this opens up new opportunities for Ukrainian and Turkish businesses.
Supply of generators
"We have significant potential in the energy sector and in infrastructure – we discussed this as well. We met with representatives of Turkish energy companies and expect an increase in the supply of generators and other energy equipment as early as next week," said the Ukrainian leader.
He expressed his gratitudeto President Erdogan "for our clear and substantive cooperation and for Turkey’s readiness to support all promising ideas aimed at bringing about real peace and security".
