“Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar held telephone conversations with Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov,” RIA Novosti quoted the Turkish Defense Ministry as saying.
It is noted that the parties discussed the process of preparing for the start of shipment of a vessel with grain this week.
Earlier it was reported that Rear Admiral Eduard Luik headed the Russian delegation in Istanbul at the quadripartite joint coordination center on the export of Ukrainian grain.