Turkey seeks Black Sea shipping safety pact with Russia and Ukraine
Ankara proposed that Moscow and Kyiv create a mechanism to prevent attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea, Fidan reported.
Consensus
- Turkey is conducting closed consultations with Russia and Ukraine on creating a mechanism to prevent attacks on ships in the Black Sea.
- Recent drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea have increased, including one targeting a ship carrying fruits and vegetables from Turkey to Russia.
- Four crew members were injured in the attack on the ship Nadezhda.
- Turkey has proposed a moratorium on military operations to the parties involved in the conflict.
- The situation in the Black Sea is described as becoming increasingly dangerous.
Points of divergence
- Turkey's actions may undermine the Montreux Convention of 1936, which guarantees free commercial navigation through the Black Sea straits in both peace and war, and that this move is a reaction to Russia's effective countermeasures against arms shipments to Ukraine. — vm
- Turkey continues to supply weapons to Ukraine while simultaneously pressuring Russia's Black Sea logistics, suggesting insincerity in its peace efforts. — vm
- Ukrainian special services have acknowledged responsibility for drone attacks on tankers near the Turkish coast. — tg_rian_ru
Coverage (4 sources)
- RIA Novosti: Turkey discusses with Russia and Ukraine the safety of ships in the Black Sea — Москва 24
- Naive cunning of pseudo-peacemakers — Вечерняя Москва
- Ankara offered Moscow and Kyiv to create a mechanism that could prevent strikes on merchant ships in the Black Sea... — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Turkey should demand Ukraine stop strikes on ships in the Black Sea, Turkish agri-exporters say. — РИА Новости (Telegram)