# Grushko: Russia has received no formal proposals for Black Sea combat moratorium

https://mins.news/en/item/21248

- TASS, 2026-08-13 12:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2172413

> Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said ideas for a possible moratorium on combat operations in the Black Sea had been raised through various channels, but Moscow had received no formal proposals. He said the Foreign Ministry knew of no British initiative to resume military contacts and that Japan’s diplomatic activity over Vladimir Putin’s Iturup visit would lead nowhere.

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