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1936 Montreux Convention
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Turkey blocks UK minehunters for Ukraine, citing 1936 Montreux pact
Citing an international pact, NATO member Turkey has blocked the passage of two British Royal Navy minesweepers through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits en route to Ukraine for its war operations against Russia.
Kyiv and Moscow square off over legal arrangements for the Black Sea
Moscow’s continuing efforts to reduce the Black Sea to the status of a de facto Russian lake (see…
Moscow worried about Ankara’s plans for canal bypassing Bosporus Strait
In early March 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Ankara would soon call for bids on…