FILE PHOTO: Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar arrives to the news conference in Riga, Latvia July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that he believed a U.N. brokered grains deal that Russia had suspended over the weekend would continue, after two phone calls in as many days with his Russian counterpart.
"Mr. (Sergei) Shoigu continues to discuss the issue with his own authorities in the light of information we have provided. We expect a response from them today and tomorrow," Akar said in a statement.
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