Russia and Ukraine negotiated for two months with Turkey on a deal to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea and reached agreement on a text that was to be announced by Ankara last month, but then Kyiv suddenly pulled out, sources told Reuters.
A deal was reached in March “to ensure the safety of merchant shipping in the Black Sea”, and though Ukraine did not want to sign it formally, Kyiv gave its assent for Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to announce it on 30 March, the day before critical regional elections, the sources said. “At the very last minute, Ukraine suddenly pulled out and the deal was scuttled,” said one of the four sources who spoke to Reuters. A reason for the apparent withdrawal was not given.
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