Turkey to Restrict Transit of Russian Warships Through Straits
- Turkish straits link Black Sea with Mediterranean via Istanbul
- No transit requests were made since Russia invaded Ukraine
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Turkey has decided to restrict Russian warships from using waterways it controls to transit into the Black Sea due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Turkish officials familiar with the matter.
The officials, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, fleshed out President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pledge earlier on Monday to “exercise” the authority over the straits granted to Turkey by the 1936 Montreux Convention to prevent an escalation of fighting.