Ankara, Dec. 15 -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair a meeting of the Turkish Cabinet to discuss measures aimed at ensuring safe navigation and the uninterrupted transport of energy resources in the Black Sea, amid rising tensions linked to the Russia-Ukraine war.
The move follows a recent strike on a Turkish-owned vessel in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, which Erdogan warned could turn the region into a "zone of confrontation.""The Black Sea should not be considered a zone of confrontation. This would benefit neither Russia nor Ukraine," Erdogan told reporters aboard the presidential plane, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. "Everyone needs safe navigation in the Black Sea."On Friday, a Russian air strike damaged ...