Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan proposes to increase the volume of processed Russian grain for poor countries

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he suggested that Russia consider not stopping at 1 million tons of grain for processing and sending to poor countries. “We discussed in detail with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the summit the initiative to supply 1 million tons of grain from the Russian Federation to Turkey for processing into flour and sending to poor African countries. I proposed not to stop at these volumes and increase them for the needs of poor countries,” - Erdogan said at a press conference in New Delhi, where the G20 summit was held. The Turkish leader recalled that as part of the deal, “more than 33 million tons [of grain] were sent, but the West received 44% of this volume, and Africa - 14%.” “Russian President Vladimir Putin points out that the West did not keep his word to the Russian Federation [in the context of the deal]. He offered to send us an additional 1 million tons of grain for processing. Both Qatar and we consider this ...