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Russian President Vladimir Putin met on September 4 with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for face-to-face talks in Sochi.
During the meeting, Putin said Monday that his country is "open" to reversing the landmark deal on grain exports through the Black Sea, hours after Moscow attacked one of Ukraine's main grain ports overnight.
The head of government in the Kremlin repeated criticism of the West over the agreement on the export of Ukrainian wheat, which Russia refused to extend in July.
" The West continues to block exports of grain and chemical fertilizers from the Russian Federation ," he said.
The wheat deal, which was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations a year ago, was considered vital to the global food supply network, particularly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
"We will be ready to consider the possibility of reviving the wheat agreement, and I told President Erdogan that we would do this immediately after the lifting of restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products and the implementation of other agreements on these issues," he said . President Putin.
At the start of the meeting, Erdogan said that he will make "a very important announcement" about Ukrainian grain exports, after the conversation with Putin.
"I believe that the message we give during the press conference will be very important for the world, especially for the underdeveloped countries in Africa" , said Erdogan at the beginning of the meeting with Putin.
Erdogan is one of the few leaders of the Western military alliance NATO who has kept an open approach with Putin.
The two leaders have a close relationship, but their relationship appears to have strengthened since Russia launched its "special military operation" - the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine - in February last year.
Putin's decision to cut and delay Turkey's payments for Russian gas imports has helped ease an economic crisis that narrowly cost Erdogan a presidential election in May.
Ankara retaliated by refusing to join the West in imposing sanctions on Moscow, and Turkey has become a key state for Russia's access to goods and services.
But Erdogan has also irritated Putin after supplying Ukraine with weapons and supporting Kiev's ambitions to join NATO.
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