Published date: 9 April 2021 13:40 UTC | Last update: 24 sec ago
The United States has notified Turkey that it intends to deploy two warships to the Black Sea amid rising tensions with Russia, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said on Friday.
Washington made the notification just over two weeks ago, as required under the Montreux Convention on passage through the Straits.
The warships will stay in the Black Sea until 5 May. One US warship will arrive on 14 April, and another on 15 April to the Black Sea. And they will leave on 4 May and 5 May, respectively, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
A CNN report earlier on Friday said that the US was considering sending warships into the Black Sea in a show of support for Ukraine, in response to Russia’s increased military deployments on the country’s eastern border.
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