Erdoğan to speak with Putin on grain deal in coming days

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 22 that he will speak by phone in the coming days with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the Black Sea Grain deal. 

"We will have a phone call with Putin in two to three days," Erdoğan said in a televised interview. 

He said the world appreciates Türkiye's mediation efforts between Russia and Ukraine.