Ukrainian Foreign Ministry appeals to Turkiye over passage of Russian ship with S-300 through Bosphorus

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed to the ambassador of Turkiye the concern of the Ukrainian Side in connection with the available information regarding the passage of the Sparta II ship chartered by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation from Syria to Russia through the Bosphorus Strait, reported from the Ukraine Defense Ministry website.

The ship was carrying the S-300PMU-2 missile system.

On August 29, 2022, Ambassador of Turkiye to Ukraine Yagmur Ahmet Guldere was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi handed him a verbal note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Tochytskyi drew the attention of the Ambassador of Turkiye to the fact that, according to the provisions of the Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits of July 20, 1936, the specified vessel falls under the definition of a warship for the purposes of this Convention.

The deputy minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine requested the Turkish side to provide official information regarding the cargo that was transported by the ship "Sparta II” through the Bosphorus Strait.





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