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Lithuania Urges Stronger Controls Against Stolen Ukrainian Grain Transit
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Lithuania is pushing for practical implementation of a verification mechanism to trace the origin of grain and prevent European Union ports and transport infrastructure from being used to move Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Lithuanian Vice Minister of Agriculture Rolandas Taraškevičius made the statement on the sidelines of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Luxembourg, according to European Pravda.
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EU agricultural ministers met in Luxembourg on October 26 to discuss implementing grain origin inspection mechanisms to detect agricultural products originating from occupied regions of Ukraine.
“We need more concrete and practical steps to implement the grain origin verification mechanism,” Taraškevičius stated.
The official noted that he discussed the practical application of the mechanism last week with representatives of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Work on implementing the controls is ongoing, and Taraškevičius planned to update EU counterparts on progress during the meeting.
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The Lithuanian official made a clear distinction between the transit of Russian grain in general and the transport of grain stolen from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. He explained that the main task is to prevent EU ports and logistics infrastructure from being utilized for moving stolen grain.
Previously, an Israeli official announced that a shipment of Ukrainian grain, which had been taken by Russia from temporarily occupied territories, was blocked from unloading in Israel. The decision to reject the wheat and barley cargo carried by the Panama-flagged vessel Panormitis was made directly by the country’s largest grain importer, Cenziper, rather than by government authorities.
This outcome followed intensive diplomatic and legal efforts by Ukraine, prompting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha to warn other global operators against participating in the trade of stolen agricultural goods.
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