The agreement will establish a task group between the three NATO countries to deal with mines that drift into their waters from the war in Ukraine.
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00:00 Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania signed an agreement on Thursday for enhanced collaborative maritime
00:05 demining efforts.
00:06 This was announced at a press conference by the Turkish Defense Minister.
00:10 Defense officials from the three NATO allies, Turkish Minister Guler, Romanian Minister
00:15 Tilvar and Bulgarian Deputy Minister Sapranov met in Istanbul on Thursday.
00:21 Agreement comes after Ankara denied access to UK-donated minesweepers for reclaiming
00:26 the Black Sea last week.
00:28 In February 2022, amid Russia`s invasion of Ukraine, Turkey enacted the 1936 Montrox Convention
00:35 to prevent Russian or Ukrainian ships from passing through the Bosporus and Dardanelles
00:40 Straits and ask countries outside the Black Sea not to send warships.
00:45 Moscow and Kyiv exchanged accusations of responsibility for the mines adrift in the Black Sea.
00:51 "Three, two, one, fire!"
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