Turkish and Russian leaders will hold talks as Moscow continues to attack Ukrainian grain-exporting ports
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The Turkish president will attempt to persuade Vladimir Putin to re-enter the Black Sea grain deal that he quit two months ago claiming the west was not keeping its side of the bargain covering Russian food and fertiliser exports.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the chief negotiator behind the initial deal signed in July 2022, has not met the Russian president face to face since the deal collapsed. The immediate backdrop to the meeting in Sochi, Russia, on Monday was another Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian grain-exporting port that damaged warehouses and set buildings on fire.
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