A ferry service from the Crimean peninsula to the Turkish Black Sea coast will probably be launched this fall.
“Ports and services are ready, comfortable conditions for the forthcoming cooperation are provided; we are waiting for the partners’ decision and signing the agreement.”
The ferry will be used for cargo this year and passenger traffic will begin in 2019. The Crimean peninsula will deliver meat to Turkey, while the latter will ship back fruits and vegetables.
The CEO said further details cannot currently be disclosed. “With the warming of relations between Russia and Turkey, I think we will work this out,” Volkov said.
Turkey has changed its attitude towards Crimea several times. Last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a decree banning all shipments from Crimea, saying that he supported Ukraine’s claim to the peninsula. However, political analysts have noted that cooperation with Russia could be much more profitable for Turkey than with Ukraine. So the Turkish establishment came to the conclusion that Ukraine is a failed state, and is showing a new attitude towards it.
Source: rt.com
