Erdogan, Putin set to meet in Tehran
The Turkish, Iranian and Russian leaders are set to meet in Tehran next week amid lingering Turkish threats against Syrian Kurdish groups. Putin and Erdogan will separately discuss the Ukrainian grain crisis.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Tehran next week, with Ukrainian grain exports and a potential Turkish operation in Syria likely to top the agenda.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that Putin would visit Iran on July 19 to attend a three-way summit between the Turkish, Iranian and Russian leaders and he would also hold bilateral meetings with both leaders on the sidelines.
Ankara’s efforts to facilitate a UN-led initiative for a Black Sea naval corridor to export grain from Ukraine is expected to be a top agenda item in the bilateral talks between Putin and Erdogan. The meeting will follow four-way talks in Istanbul set for Wednesday. Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian military delegations as well as UN officials would discuss safe export of Ukrainian grain, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said today.
The UN has cautioned against high expectations as the international community warns of a looming global food crisis if the efforts fail.
