Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia’s resort town of Sochi on Oct. 4 to discuss Black Sea grain exports, two Turkish sources told Reuters on Thursday. The two leaders will discuss fallout from the war in Ukraine as well as a deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, one of the sources said. The Black Sea grain deal, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations in 2022, ended after Russia withdrew in July. Ankara has since sought to convince Moscow to return to the agreement. Meanwhile, The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia remained a reliable supplier of grain despite obstacles created by the United States and the European Union, and that food shortages in Africa were nothing to do with Russia. (Reuters)
