According to a Lebanese official, a Syrian ship carrying grain that was stolen from Ukraine was anchored in Tripoli Port in Lebanon.
Amin Salam, the minister of commerce for Lebanon, told the Lebanese daily Annahar on Thursday, “The Ministry of Agriculture and the General Customs Office are watching the developments involving the Syrian ship, which transported stolen flour and barley of Ukraine and anchored in Tripoli Port.”
The minister said that the United States had authorized the ship.
According to a statement from the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut, “importing wheat and barley stolen from Ministry of Agriculture and the General Customs by Russia will affect Lebanese-Ukrainian relations “According to local media, the ship that left from a port in Crimea included 5,000 tons of flour and 5,000 tons of barley.
