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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Has Not Notified Russia of Straits Closure

Russian Navy's Project 22160 Patrol Vessel Dmitriy Rogachev 375 sails through the Bosphorus Strait on the way to the Black Sea past Istanbul's Suleymaniye mosque in the backround on February 16, 2022 (AFP)

Russia has received no official notification from Turkey on the closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian warships, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian embassy in Turkey as saying.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier that Turkey had made such a move.

Turkey, which controls the straits that link the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, has not publicly announced any ban on Russian warships using them.

On Friday, its foreign minister said Ankara could not bar warships returning to a home base in the Black Sea from passing through the straits.

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