Russian president expected to discuss Black Sea blockade as well as Syria and the Iran nuclear deal
Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tehran on his second visit outside Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, where he will hold talks with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts on lifting the Ukrainian grain blockade, the future of Syria and the chances of reviving theThe Russian president’s talks with Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be presented by the Kremlin domestically as a sign of Putin’s continuing influence in the region, after theThe three leaders are due to...
“The issue of Ukrainian grain shipment will be discussed with Erdoğan … We are ready to continue work on this track,” Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to Putin, said on Monday.– has sent prices of grain soaring across the world, compounding pre-existing food crises. Dozens of ships have been stranded and 22m tonnes of grain are stuck in silos at Ukrainian ports., Turkey and the UN will sign a deal this week on the grain exports corridor after talks in Istanbul.
But in a meeting with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he was warned against such a move. “Any sort of military attack in northern Syria will definitely harm Turkey, Syria and the entire region, and will benefit terrorists,” Iran’s leader said, stressing the need to “bring the issue to an end through talks”.Erdoğan also signed economic and trade cooperation agreements with Iran, and said he opposed western sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
In a memorandum of understanding sealed before Putin’s arrival, the National Iranian Oil Company signed an agreement potentially worth $40bn with Russia’s Gazprom.The talks may also touch on Iran’s long experience of circumventing US sanctions, and whether there is room for cooperation between Moscow and Tehran on defeating US measures.
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