Moscow announced today, Monday, that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold a Russian-Turkish summit soon, and the Turkish president discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky the establishment of safe corridors for the export of grain through the Black Sea.

The Kremlin said that Putin and Erdogan discussed by phone coordination of Ukrainian grain exports and protection for shipments through the Black Sea to world markets.

For its part, the Turkish presidency said that Erdogan had made a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky, on the issue of establishing safe corridors for exporting grain through the Black Sea and the need to continue work on the UN plan to deliver Ukrainian grain to world markets.

The Turkish presidency statement stated that Erdogan stressed that the most important goal at the present time is to bring peace to Ukraine, resolve the crisis through diplomatic means and keep the negotiating table available.

Erdogan also expressed his country's readiness to provide all kinds of support, including mediation, and to continue facilitation within the framework of the Istanbul negotiations, according to the statement.

It is noteworthy that the export of Ukraine's grain production stopped after the war waged by Russia, which caused price hikes, which particularly affected poor countries.

Moscow says it will allow Ukrainian ships loaded with food to sail, if the Ukrainian army clears mines from its ports, which is rejected by Kyiv, which fears for the safety of its coasts on the Black Sea.