“Mr. Putin said: “Let’s send grain, you will turn it into flour and send it to poor African countries.”

This worries some people, but we will do what we think is right, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Erdogan said he was making "the right steps in world politics." 

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the country is making efforts to extend the grain deal expiring in March.