Erdogan said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar and informed him that the grain corridor agreement would continue as of Wednesday.
"After the call we held yesterday with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, Russian Defense Minister Mr. Shoigu called our National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and expressed that the grain transports will continue as agreed before as of 1200 (p.m.) today," he noted.
Shortly after Erdogan's comments, the Russian Defense Ministry said the country would resume its participation in the Black Sea grain deal.
"The Russian Federation considers that the guarantees received at the moment appear sufficient, and resumes the implementation of the agreement," the defense ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said that thanks to the involvement of the United Nations and Türkiye, it had been possible to obtain written guarantees from Ukraine that it would not use the humanitarian corridor and Ukrainian ports to conduct military operations against Russia.
