Grain agreement has section on POW exchange that is not public - political expert

Political expert Vitaly Kulyk shared the details with Espreso TV. 

"Turkey is building a new security reality after the war. Accordingly, it wants to be a mediator and a patron of the security environment in the Black Sea. In this game, the UN, the Red Cross, and humanitarian cases are important. An important element of the negotiations in Lviv was the exchange of prisoners of war. It is no secret that the grain agreement has a non-public part regarding the exchange of POWs, in particular the defenders of Azovstal", he noted.

According to Kulyk, during this visit it was not possible to talk about framework agreements regarding peace and a ceasefire, because neither Ukraine nor Russia is ready for such negotiations.

"There are no conditions for this. But with regard to humanitarian issues - grain corridors, the intensity of hostilities in areas that carry potential man-made risks for the entire region, energy security - gas pipelines, oil pipelines, and ammonia pipelines. Security that concerns not only Ukraine or the Russian Federation, but also the entire Black Sea coast", the political expert added.

He considers Erdoğan's visit a rather positive phenomenon.

"We should not have expected more specific initiatives or framework agreements from him. The fact that Turkey continues "shuttle" diplomacy and tries to create conditions for a meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia and the signing of some document that could be considered as an end to the hot phase or a truce - this is true. There were many insinuations on this topic in the Turkish media. There were even fakes regarding some of the wording of possible documents brought by Erdogan, but all of them are out of date", Kulyk concluded.