The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) took a rare action on August 29 and summoned the Turkish ambassador to Ukraine, Yagmur Ahmet Guldere, to the ministry for a public dressing-down over the exemption Turkey may have made to the Montreux Convention. [...] The Ukrainian statement on August 29 expressed "alarm" about the "transportation of S-300 missile systems from Syria to Russia across the Bosphorous Strait" by the Sparta II, a ship chartered by the Russian Ministry of Defence4. [...] Furthermore, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Mykola Tochytskyi "requested the Turkish side to provide official information regarding the cargo that was transported by the ship Sparta II through the Bosphorus Strait, and regarding the measures taken by Turkey to fulfil the provisions of the [Montreux] Convention and prevent further escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian war." In addition, the Ukrain. [...] Running with the Hare and Hunting with the Hound Turkey also plays a pivotal role in the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), an initiative launched by the United Nations to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain and other products that have been sitting in ports due to the Russian naval blockade and are now in desperate need of a buyer. [...] It’s a case of running with the hare and hunting with the hound, on one hand, Turkey has helped Moscow, and at the same time, Turkey has become the biggest recipient of Ukrainian grains under the BSGI initiative.
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