OREANDA-NEWS  Ankara intends to continue to faithfully comply with the Montreux Convention on the Non-Admission of warships of Non-Black Sea countries to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. This is reported in a statement by the Turkish Defense Ministry.

"It is important to maintain stability and balance in the Black Sea within the framework of the principle of "regional responsibility", and in this direction we will continue to carefully and responsibly implement the Montreux Convention," the defense Ministry said.

Earlier, NATO increased pressure on Turkey to reconsider its position on compliance with the Montreux Convention.

The Montreux Convention provides for restrictions on the tonnage of warships when passing through the straits in peacetime, which non-Black Sea countries are obliged to comply with.