Erdogan Urges G-20 to Meet Russian Demands on Grain Deal

  • US, allies have resisted Moscow’s terms for restarting trade
  • Erdogan has sought to balance amid Russia’s invasion

A farmer collects collects grain during the summer wheat harvest, Kyiv region.

Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is urging several Group of 20 leaders to meet some of Russia’s demands to try to revive a deal that had allowed Ukrainian grain shipments and eased global food prices.

Erdogan, who helped broker the original Black Sea Grain Initiative in 2022, is making the push in closed-door meetings with leaders during the G-20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, people familiar with the talks said.

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Erdogan Urges G-20 to Meet Russian Demands on Grain Deal