Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that grain exports from Ukraine via the maritime humanitarian corridor have resumed at 12:00 p.m. Moscow time.

The tourist flow from Russia to Turkey may exceed the figure for 2021 by 4-6% in 2022.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Tuesday expressed confidence that the implementation of the grain deal will continue.

Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Russia, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Sergey Lavrov respectively, discussed the recent developments regarding complications over the grain deal, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry told TASS on Tuesday.

Turkey continues to take the necessary steps to solve the problems related to the implementation of the grain deal, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence on Monday that the gas hub project in Turkey is realistic and can be implemented within the shortest possible timeframe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday expressed confidence that there would be enough buyers of natural gas, including in Europe, after the plan to build a hub in Turkey was completed.

Russia has chosen Turkey as a potential hub for gas supplies to Europe because working directly with European partners is hard, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Monday.

Turkish businesses will be forced to pay out of its pocket for the losses caused by the Western-imposed sanctions against Moscow, Russia’s Ambassador to Ankara Alexey Yerkhov said in an interview published by the Dunya newspaper on Monday.

Turkish and UN specialists resume inspection of ships under the grain deal after Russia announced its decision to suspend its participation in the deal, a UN representative told Reuters Monday.