Source: L'Orient Today

Ukraine “stands by Lebanon during the economic crisis,” Tripoli port head Ahmad Tamer said yesterday, welcoming a Ukrainian shipment of corn and vegetable oil. The Ukrainian vessel docked in Tripoli carrying 7,000 tons of corn and 20,000 tons of vegetable oil — "proof of the tireless and unremitting Ukrainian efforts to help the Lebanese,” Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon Ihor Ostash said, promising further shipments of cargo. According to the Ukrainian ambassador, Lebanon has received at least five ships carrying Ukrainian produce since the Russian invasion, including shipments of wheat, grains, barley and corn. The first cereals exported by Ukraine since the Feb. 24 Russian invasion were intended for delivery to Lebanon in August, to help with the “circumstances” the country is facing. However, the ship “changed course before it reached its declared destination.”