Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Only when this need is met, discussions on resuming navigation via the security corridor established by the Black Sea initiative will be possible, Lavrov added while talking with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu about the security corridor established by the Black Sea grain deal in which Russia suspended its participation last weekend.

Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said that “the Black Sea remains an area of hostility” and that Russia will take its own measures to control ongoing ship movement.