Cyprus Says Detained Ship Didn’t Violate Syria Arms Embargo
A Russian-owned ship carrying munitions, which was detained by Cyprus authorities yesterday while en route to Syria, didn’t violate the European Union’s arms embargo against Syria, Cyprus’s foreign ministry said .
Customs and port authorities checked documents and the cargo on the vessel, which flies the St. Vincent flag and is called the Chariot, the ministry said in an e-mailed statement today.
Westberg Ltd., the ship’s St. Petersburg-based owner, decided to change its destination, after which it was allowed to put into Limassol for refueling. It was permitted to keep its cargo, government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said earlier.
The vessel’s agent, the Limassol-based EDT Offshore, said the ship will sail for Iskenderun, in southeast Turkey. “She is still refueling,” Michalis Sokratous, an EDT official, said in a phone interview today.
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