shopping ctp if ctp then compare choose the best. good morning on the air fifth studio, i'm anton podkovenko and now we are discussing international relations between moscow and ankara. there are a lot of aspects here, from just concluded grocery deals to the upcoming meeting between vladimir putin and turnips. erdogan in sochi on the fifth of august. alexei yerkhov, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of russia to the republic of turkey, is now on video call with us hello alexei vladimirovich hello hello so from vladimirovich well, the first topic is, of course, corn. tell me, please, how do you assess turkey's participation in that same grocery deal. let me remind you that the agreement signed by russia, turkey and ukraine and the united nations organization provides for the export of ukrainian

food grains and fertilizers across the black sea from three ports, including the port of odessa, in your opinion. why hmm turkey is so active in mediating between moscow and kiev between moscow and the west called the initiative for the safe transportation of grain and sports of ukraine it's hard to overestimate, uh, turkey really, uh, actively advocated for the conclusion of this agreement and now , uh, as if sheltering on its territory. er, coordinating joint coordination center skc er will play a significant role in the implementation of this agreement. uh, an agreement, really very

important you listed it, uh, the main goals and objectives are to ensure the safe transportation of food and grain from the three ukrainian ports. here, uh, it is necessary to clarify at the moment that, uh, when now a lot of questions are being asked. and when it goes, uh, the first ships, when the first cargo will be. i think we need a little, uh, be patient here. still, you have to hurry. there is no need to jump ahead here. since this is a matter for everyone who will now be involved in ensuring the transportation of grain, a rather new one among those who will be involved in this, including within the framework of this special coordination center. nobody did it and uh, so it's very important to find out. uh, opening today

really officially opens this center. after some time in istanbul, it is important to understand and it is important to agree on exactly how this center will work, how it will function. there are a lot of uh questions here. uh. well, it cannot be said that they are the most important there, but it cannot be said that they are so insignificant, many technical issues. uh, who, uh, where will they be, who will apply, how will they proceed, how will they to be considered, who will make decisions on these applications and how, how will decisions be communicated to the executors, who will be these executors, how will they be carried out? here is the monitoring function, m-m, how specifically, that is, there are a lot of hmm such practical, but important

tasks that will be done now. i think already today. uh will be consistent within this look, apparently it will take some time in order to vote. uh, so see nothing a few days somehow it will take, but anyway case, i think that in this important matter there is not and will not be a place for some kind of secret odessa court. uh, there are uh some secrets for uh, the press probably won't be secrets for the public. uh, i'm assuming that as decisions are made about them, the public will be made aware. and you said that on the dates, when the first ship will depart, it's still a little early to say, yes, well , the press reports that this is in the near future in the near future. yes, yes, but, as regards the inspection of

dry cargo ships with grain. uh, will it be produced screening? and if so, where and by whom is the turkish side reporting that they will be examined here in ukrainian ports . representatives of turkey and the united nations will be present during the check. that's exactly what i meant, that all these procedures, all these so to speak. er, if i may. this is what operating rules are called. they are now subject to agreement between the parties to the agreement. that is, exactly how it will go. e, here i, for example, do not know yet, i think that e participants. eh, they have an idea about it. well general enough here, it is necessary to agree - it is necessary to agree on the details, it is necessary to agree on specific aspects. i think this will be done as soon as possible. and that's exactly why the joint coordination center that you mentioned was actually created. yes , please tell me, but in your opinion. hey,

can i ask that question? how long will it take to withdraw ukrainian grain, if any understanding, maybe an expert say something about it. you know, i myself used to be the export of grain for 40 years i've never done my diplomatic career, so it's hard for me to uh say how it will look, uh practically, how it will look, as they say on land, but in this case at sea, so i don't know how much grain is there in real uh calculus, what is called therefore, again, i'll beware. here's a specific uh timing from specific forecasts. let's wait and see, moving to the diplomatic plane. directly. the us doesn't believe it. well, apparently, at least that's what analysts say. yes they believe in the effectiveness of these agreements on grain. why are they preparing some kind of plan b transport by

road and rail on river barges, i mean, how would you comment on that? why is such a policy move like this? well, as they say, god with the help of let them do what they see fit, and we will do what we must do what we see fit. if we talk about a pinpoint russian strike on a military facility in the port of odessa please tell me how they are treated in turkey. let me remind you that a warehouse with harpoon anti-ship missiles was destroyed, then there is a military infrastructure - this is known. well , kiev is known to be trying to present all this as, uh, allegedly a breakdown in agreements. and by the way, to say, this is the same american duel plan that we just talked about, it also appeared almost immediately after the russian strike on a military facility in the port of odessa, how does e react? ankara what they say i have not seen a single statement by turkish officials, which would link,

inflicted by us. uh blow with uh fate. e. this transportation safety initiative grains. uh, the reaction of the turkish side, uh, enough, i can appreciate how calmly enough so quite balanced and, uh, yesterday's or yesterday's postures are already our explanations. uh, our statements on this. here, uh, seen here, uh, accepted information. please tell me, turning to bilateral relations, uh, russia and turkey, how would you characterize them at the moment. well, how can i characterize, uh, relations for the development and strengthening of which, uh? must ex-fitsirovan, what

is called as an ambassador? i have to please in every possible way, i am, uh, pleased and uh, satisfied that relations between our two countries, our cooperation, our political dialogue is developing more than successfully, evidence of which is the achievement of an agreement on the fact that in the very near future, namely next week will take place another russian. turkish. it is very important. this is very correct and the same meeting is needed. in the event scheduled for august 5, vladimir putin and erdogan will meet. please tell me if there are any already topic analytics. yes, what can be a topic for conversation between the two presidents, well, the situation in ukraine , grocery deals, in particular. here he reports it. well, you understand that the topics for their conversation

will be determined by the presidents themselves, as a rule, this happens. and uh, that's right, so to speak, but uh, as a rule, in high-level conversations between russian and turkish leaders, the discussions are rather broad. uh the range of topics that our two countries are interested in is both international and regional issues. here, how as a rule, both ukraine and uh, respectively, the situation in the black sea region and syria and other topics that are very interesting for both sides, as a rule, this is still the widest range of bilateral issues that are related to trade, primarily to trade and economy. interaction

between our countries the fact is that trade and economic cooperation between russia and turkey are developing quite powerfully and successfully. eh, last year. we have achieved quite significant results. it's been in recent years record, 33 billion dollars in trade volume, because it was regarded by the parties as quite a success. uh, for the first half of this year. we have already exceeded last year's indicator for the first 6 months. approximately now 26 billion e dollars. that is, this is a growth, uh hmm , well, half by 50%, and for the second half of the year we have planned a fairly intensive program of contacts between ours. hearts and departments

, including trade and economic, we are planning e, that is, e visits are in work here in turkey, a whole number of leaders of a number of subjects of the federation, that is, all these issues are usually discussed and, uh, serious uh, promising settings for the future decision are made , i think that the upcoming males will not be an exception in this regard, what can you say about cooperation in defense sector unmanned aerial vehicles, indeed. so they became interested in russia, as the turkish side about iraqi states about it. now they write a lot. i think there are areas uh talking about which is counterproductive. among these areas, no doubt applies to the military as well. on the whole, i think

that the level reached by our countries in bilateral relations allows us to discuss all topics without exception that are of interest to us, and minister. the turkish defense ministry announced the development of an agreement on the transportation of fuel similar to the same grocery deal. can you please tell me what is going on here? are there any details? what a scheme indeed, i saw a statement in the papers today. here, uh noted his interesting statement. here it is. i have too, as you have aroused great interest. i think in the coming days, we will understand what is at stake. and moving on to the topic of tourism, which, of course, is topical, but always between russia and turkey. could you please tell me if there are many russian tourists in turkey now, how popular it is, how much everything goes on. well, of course,

many of us associate tourism with turkey in our country, therefore, of course, this is a very important area of ​​our bilateral cooperation. uh, now what is called pixelzone now? uh, by the way, by the end of july and probably we can at some degree to take stock of the first six months of the first half of the year in the tourism industry. uh, we're taking two provinces. antalya emula - these are the two southern turkish provinces where most of the hotel resorts are located and which host the majority of our tourists. so , that means for the first six months. it turns out that about a million of our tourists have visited turkey. that's good, that's a lot. i think

that the vast majority of our citizens enjoyed their vacation. here, as regards if we compare, then, of course, with pre-pandemic indicators, this is a continuation of a certain decline. well, the decline is understandable. e covid. he collected his role, of course, played his part. uh, certain and mmm. the reduction of some reduction in air traffic this year was understandable. well, uh, the increase in the price of uh tourism services probably played some role, because this year they have, uh, become much more expensive in turkey. uh, well, a million - it's already good, then until the end of the year, since we usually have a second half year from a tourist point of view is much more

fruitful than the first. well, by the end of the year, in general, the indicator is somewhere around 2.5, maybe even 3 million. let's see how it will be. uh, as for hmm in general, uh, they always ask the question of how it all goes. uh, how do they comply with the safety requirements to ensure the safety of the health of russian tourists, what can i tell you? e naturally. uh, a lot of tourists, so there will only be problems in the last 2 months. this is how our employees from the general consulate of antalya in the last two months alone 10 serious e-road traffic accidents, in which about 50 russian citizens were injured. so, for uh. in the first six months, we have, unfortunately, 50 deaths. uh, of course, uh

within uh statistics, what is called the main causes, as usual chronic diseases primarily cardiovascular drowning. uh, traffic accidents in recent months. eh, a forgotten trend appeared and would have already turned out to be. uh, presence among our tourists cabin diseases. now there are 20 such people, and in the southern provinces. and, uh, so to speak, with regard to security, i can't help but dwell on such a painful enough topic. uh, it happens that both in social networks and social networks. uh is pumped into news agency reports. information that

somewhere somehow, it means there was a fight or there was, so to speak, a conflict, whether on interethnic grounds, it is politically based, and so on, the last example. uh, i think 3 days ago, uh, was information that allegedly in alanya there four poles beat our citizen, who was on vacation. naturally. our employees immediately tried, uh, to find out what happened and whether it happened at all , contacted the hotel, contacted the local authorities. and still with the police. eh, unfortunately, and maybe fortunately, i do not know, but the traces of what happened. they failed to detect this conflict, fights and so on. i do not rule out that, uh, someone uh, maybe for some kind of

their own purposes, so to speak the dissemination of this kind of, uh, untrue information, maybe, uh, there was something, but it's hard for us to judge, therefore, i take the opportunity of my speech. now on tv. i want to suggest to everyone who is on vacation in turkey and who encounters this kind of difficulty, problems or incidents, and in such cases immediately report, uh, in our consulate general in antalya, telephones are available on all sites, uh, and tourist and government and so on. that's in order for our employees to provide e, qualified consular assistance to victims or whether there are such cases, if any. here or i can assure you that hmm such cases

will not go unnoticed, and the perpetrators of such incidents and our employees will take care of this with impunity either. but for this you need. uh, somehow, so to speak, get in touch, proactively, uh, by that, i hope that uh , ours were also heard. ah, tourists. this is the option in your head that you will have just preventively here is this topic and my question. i am i wanted to ask about how russian tourists get along with refugees from ukraine, if there are any crossings here, if there are any difficulties, maybe someone informed me. you know, uh, when after uh february 24, there was a flow of hmm, so to speak, people who began to come here to turkey from both ukraine and russia, uh. i already talked, uh, on your channel, including about

this. e, such domestic frictions were noted, e, sparkled. frankly sparked up to the point of receiving some threats there, e, and address and without address e. well, i understand that e hosts do not mean the turkish authorities were accepted. uh, appropriate measures and recently. we are in such things. eh, we don’t really notice again. if, uh, someone somewhere has something to say, let him let him say it, this is our official representative to our polish consular workers, thank you. thank you very much alexey vladimirovich thank you very much for the detailed comment alexey erkhov, emergency plenipotentiary sent to russia in the turkish republic was in touch with us. it was the fifth studio. see you soon. tears voice and nerves, beats per minute can not be

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