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More than six weeks after Moscow pulled out of the grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Presidents Putin and Erdogan will meet on Monday in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The announcement ended weeks of speculation about when and where the two leaders might meet as international efforts continue to renew the agreement that allows grain and other food to be sent to parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where the risk of the spread of hunger increases.
Ukraine and Russia are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other commodities that developing countries rely on.
Turkey, along with the United Nations, brokered the July 2022 deal, which allowed Ukraine to resume food shipments from three Black Sea ports.
Based on this agreement, ship and cargo inspections were overseen by Turkey. Ukraine exported almost 33,000 tonnes of grain while the deal was in place.
Ankara's role was key. Turkey is one of Russia's main trading partners and a logistics hub for Russia's foreign trade amid Western sanctions.
In another memorandum, agreed at the same time as Ukraine's initiative, Russia and the United Nations pledged to help overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilizer exports due to the war. Russian officials have repeatedly threatened to withdraw from the accords, and did so in July, alleging failure to meet the terms of the memorandum.
Russia has complained that transport restrictions have hampered its agricultural exports, but it has exported record amounts of wheat since last year.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a new proposal to Russia in hopes of restoring the deal, but it did not meet Moscow's demands, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday as he hosted his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Seedling.
Mr. Lavrov said he had given the Turkish government a list of actions the West should take in order to resume Ukrainian exports to the Black Sea. Planned talks between Presidents Putin and Erdogan could help unlock the deal.
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