Russian Navy frigate «Admiral Grigorovich»ANKARA, Mar 1 Russia withdrew request to pass through Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits of some of its ships not registered in the Black Sea Fleet, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. «/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/524373b7120cae1ae18c070633ed0668.jpg» />The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced the implementation of the provisions of the Montreux Convention»We wanted Russia to withdraw its request to allow some of its ships not registered in the Black Sea Fleet to pass through the straits, Moscow agreed with this,» the Anadolu agency quoted Cavusoglu as saying on Twitter. The Montreux Convention was adopted in 1936. It preserves for merchant ships the freedom of passage through these straits 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 warships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.
