Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria will work collectively in opposition to the specter of floating mines within the Black Sea because of warfare between Russia and Ukraine, the Turkish Defence Ministry mentioned on Wednesday.
The ministry gave no particulars of how it will deal with the floating mine drawback. It mentioned on social media platform X that the three international locations had mentioned the problem on the NATO Protection Ministers assembly in Brussels.
Final week, the British authorities mentioned Russia might use sea mines to focus on civilian delivery within the Black Sea, together with by laying them on the strategy to Ukrainian ports. Ukraine and Russia have accused one another of planting mines off the Ukrainian coast.
Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria, plus Georgia, Poland and Ukraine beforehand mentioned clearing floating mines in April 2022.
Turkey can also be working with the United Nations, Ukraine, and Russia to revive the Black Sea grain initiative that Moscow give up earlier this 12 months.
(Reuters – Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Enhancing by Rod Nickel)
