Inspectors of Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul arrive at Razoni vessel with Ukrainian grain - media

ISTANBUL. Aug 3 (Interfax) - Inspectors of the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul have boarded the Razoni vessel carrying Ukrainian grain to carrying out a check there, the TRT television channel said.

According to Turkish media outlets, the check will be conducted by the inspectors and representatives of the delegations from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the United Nations. They will verify whether the cargo meets the terms of the agreement signed in July.

The inspection is taking place not at the Istanbul port but in the sea, where the vessel is currently at anchor. Upon completion of the inspection, the parties will decide whether the vessel may further proceed along its route to Lebanon.

The Sierra Leone-flagged vessel Razoni left the Odesa port on August 1. It is carrying some 27,000 tonnes of corn to Lebanon.

Participants in four-sided negotiations (the United Nations, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine) signed two documents in Istanbul on July 22 regulating the functioning of a sea corridor for exporting grain from the Ukrainian seaports of Odesa, Chornomorsk (formerly known as Illichivsk), and Pivdenny (formerly known as Yuzhny).