Port cranes. File photoRIYAD, June 1 Agreements have been reached that Turkey will try to help clear Ukrainian ports of mines, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. «Following a conversation with President (Turkey) Tayyip Erdogan an agreement was reached that the Turkish colleagues will try to help in organizing the demining of Ukrainian ports in order to free the ships taken hostage, in fact, from there,» Lavrov told reporters. According to him, Ankara should also contribute to «so that this operation took place without any attempt to strengthen the military potential of Ukraine and harm the Russian Federation».
