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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that an investigation had been launched into allegations that Russia had stolen Ukrainian grain and that such shipments would not be allowed into Turkey.
The Ukrainian ambassador to Ankara said in early June that Turkish companies were among the buyers receiving deliveries of grain that Russia had stolen to Ukraine, adding that he expected Turkey to identify and arrest individuals responsible for the alleged shipments.
Russia has repeatedly denied allegations that it was stealing wheat from Ukraine.
“We take all allegations very seriously and are investigating them. “We are constantly informing, especially the Ukrainian side, about the results of the investigation,” Cavasoglu said during a joint media interview in Ankara with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry did not immediately comment on the matter.
Together, Russia and Ukraine export almost a third of the world’s wheat and barley, over 70 percent of sunflower oil, and are major suppliers of corn. But grain exports to Ukraine by Black Sea have been blocked since the start of the Russian occupation, with more than 20 million tonnes of grain remaining stored in Ukrainian ports.
Cavusoglu said Turkey would oppose Russia or any other country that took Ukrainian wheat or other goods and sold them illegally in international markets.
“We, like Turkey, will not allow these goods to come to us,” he said
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