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Ankara steps up efforts to re-establish Black Sea grain corridor: Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Thursday that Turkey has intensified its efforts to revive the Black Sea grain corridor. In his comments to Turkish journalists in New York, Erdoğan stated, "We have now increased our efforts to re-establish the grain corridor. We are also accelerating our diplomatic steps for this."

Reuters WORLD
Published September 24,2026 06:25 PM
Updated September 24,2026 06:35 PM
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said ⁠Türkiye had ⁠stepped up efforts to re-establish the Black Sea ⁠grain corridor.

"We have now increased our efforts to re-establish the grain corridor. We are also accelerating our ⁠diplomatic ⁠steps for this," Erdoğan told a group of Turkish journalists in New York, according to a ⁠text of his remarks shared by his office on Thursday.

Erdoğan said he had discussed ⁠the ‌issue ‌again with ⁠Ukrainian President Volodymyr ‌Zelensky and received a ⁠positive response.