ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The primary ship carrying grain to go away Ukraine underneath a secure passage settlement will anchor off the coast of Istanbul round 1200 GMT on Tuesday for a joint inspection, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar stated on Monday.
Akar was talking in an interview with Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu information company after the Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni, which is loaded with corn, left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon. As a part of the settlement, a Joint Coordination Centre was arrange in Istanbul with personnel from the United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Writing by Daren Butler; Modifying by Louise Heavens)
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