Each vessel departing or departing from Ukrainian ports had to undergo an inspection conducted by representatives of the four parties to the agreement.
The last freighter carrying grain from Ukraine in the Black Sea was inspected on Monday night in Istanbul, just hours before the suspension of the agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the UN announced.
“The inspection of the cargo of the TQ SAMSUN [ship] was completed by the Joint Coordination Center” (JCC), said the entity in a statement, specifying that it was the 1972nd carried out since August 1, 2022 within the scope of of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
The Turkish-flagged freighter “left the port of Odessa, southern Ukraine, on Sunday and arrived today [Monday] at the inspection site north of Istanbul, on the Black Sea,” according to the JCC, which was responsible for overseeing the implementation of these agreements signed in July 2022 between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations.
Each vessel to or from Ukrainian ports had to undergo an inspection conducted by representatives of the four parties to the agreement, which expires this Monday at midnight in Istanbul (10:00 pm in Lisbon).
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