NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg BRUSSELS, Feb 25 NATO countries were not discussed at Friday's meeting Ukraine's call on Turkey to close the Bosphorus Strait for the Russian Federation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference on Friday. for Russian ships. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey could close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for the passage of Russian warships, but the Russian side would have the right to return its fleet to the base. ships, said that Ankara would strictly comply with the Montreux Convention. The Montreux Convention was adopted in 1936. It preserves the freedom of passage through the straits for merchant ships both in peacetime and in wartime, but the regimes are different for everyone. At the same time, the document limits the stay in the Black Sea of warships of non-Black Sea states for a period of three weeks. In emergency situations, Turkey has the right to prohibit or restrict the passage of the military through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. /uploads/2022/02/24ccff2124ea082d0e629c8e0c136001.jpg» />NATO said they would continue to provide «practical» assistance to UkrainePosted by: Petr Popadiuk
