Ukraine, Turkey, and Russia Negotiate Black Sea Navigation Safety: Latest Updates

For two months, Ukraine, Türkiye and the Russian Federation had negotiated on the safety of navigation in the Black Sea.

For two months, Ukraine, Turkey and the Russian Federation negotiated on the safety of navigation in the Black Sea – apparently the results of the negotiations should be known at the end of March. The agreement was to be announced by the President of Turkey on March 30.

Group journalists write about this Reuters naming four sources.

The source also reports that Kyiv pulled out of the negotiation process at the last minute. The reason for this behavior remains a mystery.

According to the draft agreement, Kyiv and Moscow promised to provide security guarantees to all merchant ships that will be in the Black Sea. These ships could not be attacked or captured if they were empty or if they were carrying non-military goods.

The text of the agreement did not apply to all military ships and civilian ships that could carry weapons.

The Black Sea plays an important role in transporting grain, oil and fertiliser.

From 2022, the Russian Federation has taken control of shipping in the Black Sea. In the summer of 2022, Turkey and the UN were able to create a “grain corridor”, but a year later the Russian Federation withdrew from this agreement.
Immediately after this, Ukraine destroyed half of the Russian fleet and buried Putin’s dreams of supremacy in the Black Sea.

While Ankara proposed to conclude a new agreement with the participation of the Russian Federation, Kyiv found a working situation along the Danube.

At the same time for a while holding the Olympics Macron wants to rest on the front line.

And in Washington they are unhappy actions of Kievdid not stop drone attacks on Russian refineries.

Author:
Dmitry Myronenko