News

Russian President Putin meets Turkey’s Erdogan to discuss the grain deal

We know that Russia’s President Putin is very strong when it comes to taking actions and he has already mentioned that he would not tolerate anything when it comes to the war with Ukraine because of the fact that Russia is seen as a country which can’t end the war with Ukraine as it was expected to. Due to this reason, Russia has ended the grain deal with Ukraine earlier this year and this has caused the Turkish President to come into action as well. This is because Ukraine was able to export a large portion of these grains to Turkey which had stabilized the situation in Turkey quite a lot.

With this deal being gone, Turkey is stuck without grains now and that is why Turkish President decided to pay a visit to the Russian President and try to convince him to agree to the grain deal once again. But as we all know, Russian President was having none of it and demanded that he will only agree to the deal if West meets his demands. After the meeting, it was announced that “Qatar buys 1 million tons of Russian grain for processing in Turkey and distribution to select African states.” which is seen as a damage control for Putin’s image.

Turkish President Ergogan also used the Russian President in order to win the elections in Turkey which took place earlier this year as Putin announced a two-month extension to the Ukraine grain deal but now that the deal is over, the Turkish President is feeling the heat once again. He also opposed the NATO’s decision to include Sweden into the alliance and even vetoed it but is now seen doing damage control with Europe and NATO which has not gone down well with Russia and Putin. Also, Erdogan let Sweden join NATO and even showed his agreement on Ukraine joining the alliance as well. This obviously enraged Putin who “drove home its displeasure, sending troops to board a Turkish cargo vessel and broadcasting footage of the crew as they were forced to kneel at gunpoint” to show his strength.

Navneet

Recent Posts

Five dead, over 200 injured in Christmas market attack in Germany’s Magdeburg

A tragic attack at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg left…

20 hours ago

Trump’s debt ceiling demand set aside as US Senate passes bill to avert Govt. shutdown

In a race against time, the Senate passed a crucial bipartisan funding bill early Saturday…

2 days ago

Russian President says he regrets not invading Ukraine earlier, in his year-end press conference

In his annual end-of-year press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin reflected on Russia's ongoing war…

3 days ago

House rejects GOP proposal to avert weekend shutdown of US Federal Government

The federal government moved closer to a shutdown on Thursday after the House of Representatives…

3 days ago

Netanyahu announces Israeli troops will stay in Syria’s Demilitarized Buffer Zone

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday that Israeli forces will remain in the…

5 days ago

Chief of Russia’s nuclear protection forces killed in Moscow bombing

A high-ranking Russian military officer, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, was killed in a targeted bombing…

6 days ago