Diplomacy & Geopolitics
Black Sea attacks: Turkey urges moratorium
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on Saturday for a mechanism to declare a moratorium on attacks by Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea after a series of attacks on civilian ships.
Fidan told Turkey's state news agency Anadolu that the conflict had spread across the whole Black Sea. He said ports and military ships had been targeted first, and that commercial shipping was now being attacked without distinction.
Fidan said ships belonging to Turkey or flying the Turkish flag were among those targeted.
Turkey had already denounced Black Sea drone attacks on two Turkish civilian vessels on the previous Monday, in which some crew members were injured.
Update
Hakan Fidan said the conflict had spread across the whole Black Sea.
Fidan said commercial shipping was being attacked without distinction.
Fidan said ships belonging to Turkey or flying the Turkish flag were among those targeted.
Turkey had denounced drone attacks on two Turkish civilian vessels the previous Monday, in which some crew members were injured.
Source note: AFP news report published on 8 August 2026 at 18:22:46 UTC.
Update
Turkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan made the call in an interview with Anadolu.
Fidan called for a mechanism that would allow a moratorium to be declared.
The call followed a series of attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea.
Source note: AFP news report published on 8 August 2026 at 18:17:07 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
No details were provided on how the proposed moratorium mechanism would work.
Source
AFP news report published on .