Last week, Istanbul hosted grain negotiations between military officials representing Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, as well as a UN delegation. The talks resulted in the parties agreeing to create a coordination center in Istanbul and continue grain negotiations, Sputnik reported.
In today's meeting in Tehran, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his mediating efforts in grain negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Russian media said.
"With your mediation, we have moved forward. Not all issues, however, have yet been resolved, but the fact that there is movement is already good," Putin said, according to Sputnik.
The Russian president highlighted that Russian-Turkish bilateral relations have improved "no matter what", with trade growing at a very significant pace.
The Turkish president, in turn, described the Russian position as "constructive" and "positive", noting that the result of grain negotiations is going to be discussed globally.
"During the recent Istanbul negotiations, the position taken by the Russian side was very positive and constructive. Of course, the outcome that we will receive as a result of these negotiations will undoubtedly be discussed throughout the world. I would like to thank you once again and hope that our negotiations will be productive," Erdogan told Putin.
The Russian and Turkish presidents were in Tehran to attend the 7th meeting of the guarantor states of the peace process in Syria within the Astana Format.
Both Putin and Erdogan held separate talks with their Iranian counterpart and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Tuesday afternoon.
KI/PR
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