Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will discuss a new mechanism to allow Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his upcoming visit to Turkey, according to Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. Erdogan will raise the issue of finding new methods to transport Ukrainian grain to world markets in his meeting with Putin. Ankara has been trying to persuade Russia to rejoin the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey for safe passage of exports from Ukrainian ports. Efforts are underway to concretize the possibility of a different mechanism. Ankara aims to clarify the current de facto situation through this new mechanism.