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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

No sign of Black Sea grain breakthrough after Erdoğan-Putin talks

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin after their meeting in Sochi on Monday.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin after their meeting in Sochi on Monday. Photograph: Murat Cetin Muhurdar/Turkish presidency press office/AFP/Getty Images

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has concluded face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin by claiming a deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea could be revived.

But there was no evidence of a breakthrough as the Russian leader again accused the west of reneging on promises.

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