Zelensky claims Erdogan agreed on the importance of closing the straits

MOSCOW, Feb. 26 Vladimir Zelensky claims he and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed on the importance of banning the passage of the military Russian ships to the Black Sea, but did not say whether this decision was made. Earlier on Saturday, Zelensky on Twitter published a statement on the topic of banning the passage of Russian ships through the straits in Turkey, without indicating whether such a decision was made by Erdogan or not. After that, RIA Novosti was informed by the Istanbul Coastal Security Department that the Turkish straits were open for the passage of Russian ships, they had not received any decisions. and LNRZelensky claims that Europe has agreed to disconnect Russia from SWIFT»Thanked Erdogan for supporting our independence. We agreed with him that today it is extremely important to ban the passage of Russian warships to the Black Sea. We did it,» Zelensky said in his video message.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.Situation development — in the online report >>21:13Zelensky spoke with the President of Azerbaijan about oil suppliesPosted: Igor Tonoyan