{"id":6227,"date":"2023-08-02T22:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T17:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2023-08-02T22:49:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T17:49:06","slug":"erdogan-urges-putin-not-escalate-ukraine-war-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/news\/erdogan-urges-putin-not-escalate-ukraine-war-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan urges Putin not escalate Ukraine war tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call on Wednesday not to further escalate tensions, after Moscow struck facilities vital for grain shipments from Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdogan was a key player in the now collapsed deal that allowed for safe passage of Ukraine grain shipments on the Black Sea, and has positioned himself as an intermediary in the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Turkish leader said &#8220;no steps should be taken that will escalate tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasised the significance of a grain deal that he called a &#8220;bridge for peace,&#8221; the office added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accord, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, allowed Ukraine to export grain via its Black Sea ports, but it ended last month after Moscow withdrew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Ukraine said Wednesday that Russia had struck port infrastructure in Ukraine&#8217;s southern region of Odesa, targeting facilities used to export grain since the collapse of the deal allowing shipments from the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of the attack, a grain elevator, grain silos and warehouses were damaged or destroyed, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdogan told Putin that the long-term inactivation of the grain deal &#8220;will not benefit anyone&#8221; and that the countries in need would suffer the post, according to the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdogan also said the grain prices that decreased by 23 percent when the agreement was in force increased by 15 percent over the last two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He vowed Turkey would press ahead with &#8220;intensive efforts&#8221; and diplomacy to re-establish the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders also agreed on Putin&#8217;s visit to Turkey, according to Erdogan&#8217;s office.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call on Wednesday not to further escalate tensions, after Moscow struck facilities vital for grain shipments from Ukraine. Erdogan was a key player in the now collapsed deal that allowed for safe passage of Ukraine grain shipments on the Black Sea, and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,396,2,342,2621,2622],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-latest","category-news","category-politics","category-russia","category-russia-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}