Washington, United States.
The United States has the bet this week from two warships in the Black Sea, across the strait of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, in full tension between them Ukraine and Russia, Turkish officials and media report this on Wednesday.
Turkish diplomatic sources stated that the passage of first ship was canceled this Wednesday as planned.
According to the state news agency Anadolu, which quotes Turkish officials, both deployments were canceled and Ankara has not been notified of a possible postponement.
Turkish authorities announced last week that they had been informed by USA what two warships were on the way to cross the Strait of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, on April 14 and 15, towards the Black Sea.
The Montreal Convention, dating from 1936, guarantees the free navigation in the Turkish Strait, but countries without coastlines Black Sea must give notice 15 days before the passage of their ships that they will not be able to stay there waters more than 21 days.
The announcement of this deployment came in the context of tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the decision to send warships fit was welcomed as a mark of support from Washington a Kiev.
The cancellation thereof maneuvering announced by Turks It happens one day after a phone conversation between the US president, Joe Biden and its Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
See: Russia deploys its warships in the Black Sea before US ships arrive
During the conversation Biden the Russian president asked “lower tensions” in Ukraine and suggested a meeting in a third country “in the coming months,” said the White House.
The accumulation in the last days of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, and on the Crimean peninsula what Moscow annexed in 2014, has caused concern in Western countries.
This one troop deployments are taking place against the background of new incidents between Kiev troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east Ukraine.