Turkey to host signing of trilateral pact in January for NATO allies to clear mines in Black Sea

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Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania will sign an agreement on demining the Black Sea in January
Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania will sign an agreement on demining the Black Sea in January

Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania will sign an rewards, with the signing expected to take place on Jan. 11 in Istanbul, Turkish outlet TRT Haber reports.

"The restoration of peace and stability in the Black Sea is important for the whole world, especially for coastal states," Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said.

“We are carefully, responsibly and impartially implementing the Montreux Straits Convention, which ensures balance in the Black Sea, and we are determined to continue to do so.”

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The decision to sign the agreement was made within the framework of the Trilateral Initiative, which was launched under Turkish leadership. The demining operation will not be considered a NATO special operation.

A minesweeping group of the Bulgarian and Romanian navies had begun clearing the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast along the route of Ukraine's new sea corridor, head of the Institute for Strategic Black Sea Studies and editor-in-chief of BlackSeaNews, Andriy Klymenko, announced on Facebook on Oct. 19 that

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