Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin stressed that his country is conducting intensive diplomatic activities to facilitate the export of grain and fertilizers from Ukraine and Russia to international markets in order to prevent a global food crisis.

In an interview with the Turkish Anadolu Agency on the eve of the NATO summit, which will be held in the Spanish capital Madrid on June 29-30, he noted that he had “comprehensive, constructive and effective” meetings with the Spanish Minister of the Minister of International Cooperation and European Union Affairs, Angelis Moreno Bau and Director of the Coordinating Bureau for the Presidency of the European Union under the Office of the Spanish Prime Minister Aurora Mejia.

Kalin indicated that Turkey conveyed to the Spanish side its satisfaction with the extension by Madrid of the Patriot air defense missile mission in the Turkish state of Adana (south), which are in the region as part of NATO missions, explaining that “the Turkish side is evaluating what can be done to increase the volume of trade “.

He noted that during the talks, he discussed with Spanish officials files related to the war in Ukraine, events in the South Caucasus, Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.