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Reuters
Politics

Ukraine's Zelenskiy, Turkey's Erdogan discuss grain exports, Ukrainian ports

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine February 3, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had held talks with Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan on the need to unblock Ukraine's ports and resume its grain exports.

"We appreciate (Turkish) support. Discussed the importance of unblocking (Ukrainian) ports and resuming grain exports. We must also prevent Russia from taking our grain from (occupied territories)," he tweeted.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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