A buyer in Lebanon has rejected the first shipment of Ukrainian grain that was transported across the Black Sea, according to the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon. states the North American media “Politico”.
The embassy revealed, “according to the shipper’s information, the last buyer in Lebanon refused to accept the shipment due to the delay in delivery dates,” referring to a five-month delay. The embassy stressed that the sender “is now looking for another recipient, whether in Lebanon or in another country.”
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razzoni was the first to set sail earlier this month under an agreement sponsored by the United Nations and Turkey that grants protection to ships carrying grain to and from Ukrainian ports in the Odessa region.
Food prices have risen worldwide since the Russian invasion, but have fallen slightly since the deal was announced in July.
The Razzoni ship has about 26 thousand tons of corn on board, and is currently in the Mediterranean, near the Turkish coast, according to the navigation data collected.
So far, ten ships have departed from the three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, under the agreement concluded with the United Nations and Turkey.
The Ukrainian embassy in Beirut could not immediately be reached for comment.
