The Kyiv Independent – > 189
orig date 2023-07-18 13:53:29
17:00 18-07-2023 
⚡️Turkey, Russia, UN chief, hold talks on grain deal termination.
Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan held talks by phone on July 18 with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and U.N. Secretary General António Guterres on Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, according to Turkish diplomatic sources cited by Anadolu Agency.
The deal, which ended Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports, collapsed after Russia pulled out from the agreement on July 17. The Ukrainian government has referred to Russia's decision as "blackmail."
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