This is according to a video of his meeting with Turkish youth that was released by the presidential office.
"There is a war going on between Ukraine and Russia, and we know that agricultural products come from these countries to a large extent," he said.
"At this stage, we have no problems with this, we have 5 million tons of wheat in our warehouses, but we would like to increase these volumes," he added, TASS reported.
"We will take part in the work on (creating a safe corridor for shipments of agricultural products) not only for ourselves, but also for third countries," he continued.
"Negotiations are ongoing. In the coming week we will discuss with Zelensky and Putin what steps can be taken."
Putin earlier said Moscow was ready to guarantee unhindered grain exports if Ukraine cleared its own ports of mines, and that it could arrange exports through the ports controlled by Russia, namely Berdyansk and Mariupol.
"There is a war going on between Ukraine and Russia, and we know that agricultural products come from these countries to a large extent," he said. "At this stage, we have no problems with this, we have 5 million tons of wheat in our warehouses, but we would like to increase these volumes," he added, TASS reported.
"We will take part in the work on (creating a safe corridor for shipments of agricultural products) not only for ourselves, but also for third countries," he continued. "Negotiations are ongoing. In the coming week we will discuss with Zelensky and Putin what steps can be taken."
Putin earlier said Moscow was ready to guarantee unhindered grain exports if Ukraine cleared its own ports of mines, and that it could arrange exports through the ports controlled by the Russia, namely Berdyansk and Mariupol.