Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

Erdogan thanked Putin for his “positive attitude” to the extension of the agreement on the export of grain through the Black Sea and demonstrated “understanding of the principled position of the Russian side regarding the full application of the second part of the agreement, the removal of barriers for Russian agricultural products,” the Kremlin press release said.

On Monday, Russia set conditions for accepting a new extension of the agreement that allows grain to be exported through a safe corridor from Ukrainian ports to the Black Sea, and Putin said Moscow could send grain to African countries for free if those conditions were not met.

Putin and Ergodan “expressed satisfaction with the positive dynamics of trade and economic relations, the successful implementation of joint strategic projects in the energy sector, including the supply of gas and the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey,” the Russian added. presidency.

The communique states that the leaders of the two countries also discussed the normalization of Turkish-Syrian relations, Reuters and Agerpres reported.

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