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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for Russia not to be "marginalised" in talks aimed at reviving a key deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. "No process that marginalises Russia on the Black Sea grain initiative will be viable," Erdogan tells reporters after the close of the G20 summit in New Delhi. He also announced a forthcoming meeting on the issue between representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations, without specifying a precise date or location. SOUNDBITE
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announces the extension of the Black Sea grain deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia's invasion. "This agreement" he says, "is of vital importance in terms of global food supply". Ukraine's infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, tweeted that the deal has been extended for 120 days. COMPLETES EN_33BK8BL SOUNDBITE
Russia and Ukraine sign a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger. IMAGES
The United States hails a Turkish-brokered deal to export grain from Ukrainian ports and urges Russia to implement it. "We welcome the announcement of this agreement in principle, but what we're focusing on now is holding Russia accountable for implementing this agreement and for enabling Ukrainian grain to get to world markets," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Members of the Ukrainian delegation are welcomed by Turkish representatives at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul for the new round of talks with Russia. The negotiators are meeting for their first face-to-face talks in weeks. The talks come after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv negotiators are considering a Russian request for Ukrainian neutrality. IMAGES
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that him and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov "did not make progress" on the issue of a ceasefire, as the two begin talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour. SOUNDBITE
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