The Turkish Defense Minister reveals to the "Meeting Today" program the mechanisms for implementing the Ukrainian grain transport agreement

The Turkish Defense Minister said that 25,000 tons of grain or more are stacked in the Ukrainian ports, and that Turkey has made great efforts and conducted long contacts and negotiations with the Ukrainian and Russian sides, with the participation of the United Nations, in order to reach the agreement recently signed in Istanbul that allows securing the exit of millions of tons of grain. from Ukrainian ports.

Akar - who was a guest on an episode of the "Today's Meeting" program (27/2022) - talked about the details of the implementation mechanism of the grain agreement, and said that work on it has already begun, and it will be announced soon about the departure of the first ship from Ukrainian ports, and revealed that the center Joint grain coordination is currently working, and there are representatives from Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.

He said that Turkey wants to transport Ukrainian grain safely through the Black Sea, and the Ukrainian ships that will pass through safe passages will be inspected of mines, in the presence of representatives of Turkey and the United Nations, and the Ukrainians will guide them to safe passages of mines for the exit of the ships, stressing that there are currently no obstacles to the plan that The parties concerned will abide by it, according to him.

On the other hand, the Turkish Defense Minister stressed that his country is working to follow the grain agreement with a similar agreement to transfer fuel, which contributes to solving the global crisis, as he put it, and said in this regard, "We were also able to prevent a global food crisis, and reduce food prices as soon as the signing On the agreement, we, in the same way, can make this method a model for energy.”

The Turkish minister praised the role his country played in the Ukrainian grain agreement, describing it as the important diplomatic role that demonstrated the correctness of Turkey's position, about which he also said that its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to prevent the Russian war on Ukraine and then tried with the Russian and Ukrainian parties to achieve a military and humanitarian truce, noting that Turkey pursues a policy of peace and harmony in the Black Sea region and has a parallel policy without siding with any party;

With its keenness to observe its commitments with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Military operation in northern Syria

On the other hand, the Turkish Defense Minister spoke to the "Today's Meeting" program about the military operation that Turkey said it would implement in northern Syria, and said that his country does not care about the positions of other countries, because its goal is to fight what he called the terrorist organizations that are fighting Turkey, noting that Syria Since 2011, it has turned into a hotbed for what he called terrorist organizations.

The Turkish guest added that the three countries (Turkey, Russia and Iran) agreed during the recent Tehran summit to fight terrorism, noting that what Turkey is doing in Syria is self-defense and no party has the right to blame it, and called on the Americans to take adequate measures to stop the terrorists. .

Regarding the incident of targeting a tourist resort in Dohuk Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan, which resulted in the killing of at least 9 civilians, the Turkish minister stressed that the Turkish armed forces do not target civilians, and said that Ankara offered to cooperate with the Iraqi authorities, describing the incident as an act of the "terrorist organization". Which he said is a affliction on Turkey, the Kurds and Arabs, and that his country is only fighting those he called terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers Party and the Islamic State.

Turkish President Erdogan had said that the bombing of an Iraqi tourist resort was carried out by "terrorists" and aimed at harming Turkish-Iraqi relations.

Regarding the American F-16 aircraft requested by Turkey, the Turkish minister confirmed that his country had submitted a request to the United States, but Greece was trying to stop the deal by asking the US Congress not to sell it to Turkey, and said that Congress had issued conditions for the use of those However, Turkey will not accept conditions and hopes that Washington will change its position and retract its mistake, especially since Ankara has a very important role, and is a partner in NATO.