Turkey rejected in recent days several requests from Russia to move with military ships from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea in the middle of the invasion of UkraineTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu reported on Tuesday.
Speaking to Habertürk TV, the head of Turkish diplomacy confirmed that Russia wanted to pass four ships through the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits to access the Black Sea.
According to the Montreux Convention, signed in 1936, Turkey must prevent the transfer of ships to the Black Sea in times of war, unless they are ships that are registered in a port in that sea.
“We did not allow four Russian ships to pass through the Bosphorus. We told the Russians in a polite way. Russia, and no one should feel offended,” said the Turkish minister.
Three of the four ships requested by Russia were not based in the Black Seaspecified the minister.
According to Çavusoglu, the Russians requested the transfer of their ships for February 27 and 28, that is, in the middle of the invasion. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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