Flour docked in Lebanon not "stolen" from Ukraine: Importing firm source

An official at a Turkey-based grains trading company has denied that barley and flour on board a ship docked in a Lebanese port had been "stolen" from Ukraine, saying the source of the flour was Russia.

The official at Loyal Agro Co LTD, who declined to be identified, told Reuters that the company had sought to import 5,000 tonnes of the flour on the ship to Lebanon to sell to private buyers, not to the Lebanese government.