On Wednesday, July twenty seventh, the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut knowledgeable Reuters {that a} Syrian ship carrying “stolen wheat and barley” docked within the port of Tripoli in Lebanon.
In keeping with the Ukrainian Embassy, the ship was tracked utilizing the transport knowledge web site MarineTraffic. The embassy added that the meals provides had been plundered by the Russian Military from Ukraine.
It additional added that the ship, which is called Laodicia and sanctioned by the US since 2015, contained 5000 tons of barley and an equal quantity of flour.
The Ukrainian ambassador to Lebanon, Ihor Ostash, met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun to debate the problem. He knowledgeable President Aoun that any deal to purchase the stolen items would severely hurt Lebanese-Ukrainian ties.
Ought to any deal be struck to buy the meals provides, Lebanon will face the chance of being sanctioned by the US, and due to this fact hamper any take care of the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF).
