Netherlands: Frees cargo of 20,000 tons of Russian fertilizers blocked in Rotterdam

Her government Netherlands announced that it would eventually release a cargo of 20,000 tons of Russian fertilizers, which had been blocked in the port of Rotterdam. Thus, the cargo is expected to be sent to Malawi through the World Food Programme, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

In fact, he was banned due to the sanctions for him war in Ukraine, even though grains and fertilizers are not subject to European Union sanctions. However, “this particular fertilizer was frozen because a sanctioned individual is involved in the Russian company that owns it,” according to the statement.

The Dutch foreign ministry declined to identify the Russian company or individual involved that is subject to sanctions.

“The decision to release the fertilizer was made with the understanding that the United Nations will ensure that it is delivered to the agreed location, in Malawi, and that the Russian company and the sanctioned person will not gain anything from the transaction,” it said. in the announcement of the ministry.

On November 1, Russian news agency TASS reported that Russian fertilizer producer Uralchem-Ural is preparing to donate 240,000 tons of fertilizer blocked in European Union warehouses for humanitarian reasons, with a first shipment destined for Malawi.