BEIRUT – The primary ship to depart Ukraine underneath a U.N.-brokered deal to renew grain exports from the nation two weeks in the past was approaching the Syrian port of Tartous on Sunday, two transport sources mentioned.
The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni set sail from Ukraine’s Odesa port on Aug. 1 underneath the deal between Moscow and Kyiv, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
The cargo of 26,000 tonnes of corn had initially been destined for Lebanon, which has been struggling a extreme financial disaster that has made led to meals insecurity for about half of its inhabitants.
Nonetheless, the unique purchaser refused the supply over high quality issues and the ship sailed to Turkey, docking in Mersin on August 11.
When it set sail once more the next day, it didn't hold its transponder on. Two transport sources, certainly one of them in Tartous, confirmed to Reuters on Sunday that the ship was approaching the northwest Syrian port.
The Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon had no rapid touch upon the ship’s vacation spot.
It has beforehand accused Syria of importing not less than 150,000 tonnes of grain it mentioned was plundered from Ukrainian warehouses after Russia’s invasion in February.
Ukraine lower off diplomatic ties with Syria in June after Damascus recognised the independence of the jap areas of Luhansk and Donetsk.
In the meantime, the United Nations-chartered ship MV Courageous Commander will depart Ukraine for Africa in coming days after it finishes loading greater than 23,0000 tons of wheat within the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, a U.N. official mentioned.
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