(ANSA-AFP) - ISTANBUL, JAN 11 - NATO members Turkey, Bulgaria
and Romania on Thursday signed an agreement on demining the
Black Sea to ensure safe waters after Russia's war in Ukraine.
The Russian navy mined Ukraine's Black Sea coastline in the
early stages of its invasion nearly two years ago. Some of the
mines have since washed up in the waters of the three countries,
endangering shipping and complicating Ukraine's efforts to break
through a Russian naval blockade. Top defence officials from
Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania signed a memorandum of
understanding in Istanbul establishing the Mine Countermeasures
Naval Group in the Black Sea (MCM Black Sea), which will oversee
demining operations. (ANSA-AFP).
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