Cyprus hands over findings of inspections on ”Monchegorsk” to UN

Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the UN Minas Hadjimichael handed over on Tuesday to President of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee, Japanese Ambassador Yukio Takasu, the findings of the inspections on the Cypriot-flagged ship ''Monchegorsk.''

According to a press release issued earlier on Tuesday by the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a team of experts from the Republic of Cyprus proceeded with two inspections of the cargo of ship ''Monchegorsk'' on January 29 and February 2.

According to diplomatic sources, Cyprus requests from the UN Sanctions Committee to assess whether the findings of the inspections lie within the provisions of the Security Council Resolutions on Iran (1696/2006, 1737/2006,1747/2007 and 1803/2008), and seeks its recommendations on how to proceed with the issue.

It has been alleged that the Cypriot-flagged ship, of Russian interests, which originated from Iran, was carrying arms and it was forced by a US military vessel to dock at Limassol port to have its cargo inspected, in order to establish whether there has been a breach of UN Security Council sanctions, as claimed.