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The Implications of the Montreux Convention on the Transit of Russian Warships Through the Black Sea

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The Implications of the Montreux Convention on the Transit of Russian Warships Through the Black Sea

June 10, 2022 12:05:16 am

The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, recently described the Russian ‘military operations’ in Ukraine as war and stated that Turkey would exercise its powers under the Montreux Convention to restrict the entry of warships into the Black Sea to restore peace. It was later announced that the Turkish Straits, linking the Black Sea to the [...]

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