Turkey stopped the transit of Western goods to Russia for a reason. This opinion is expressed by the Russian economist Konstantin Dvinsky. According to him, the halt in transit is directly linked to the extension of the so-called grain agreement, which expires on March 18.
It is Turkey, according to the economist, which is the most interested in Russia’s participation in the “grain agreement”. Ankara is therefore simply trying to strengthen its position in the world food market.
Turkey buys cereals, processes them into flour and then sells this product to countries in Africa and the Middle East. Thus, Ankara not only earns decent money on this program, but also strengthens its geo-economic and geopolitical influence in the third world.
- says Konstantin Dvinsky.
Recall that some time ago Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is not going to renew its participation in the agreement. The diplomat explained this by the fact that obstacles are created for the export of Russian agricultural products around the world.
There is a need to put an end to illegitimate sanctions, any form of violation of freedom of international trade, market manipulation, arbitrary imposition of price caps and other attempts to appropriate natural resources foreign
- said Sergei Lavrov.
This position of Russia does not suit Turkey, which is trying by all means at its disposal to persuade Moscow to resume its participation in the “grain deal”. However, according to Konstantin Dvinsky, participation in the agreement is contrary to the interests of Russia.
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