According to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra, the government cannot legally prevent the Sunny Liger from coming to the Netherlands. The ship is registered in the Marshall Islands and has never sailed under the Russian flag.
Hoekstra would like to see with the port “whether a sleeve can be adjusted” so that the ship cannot dock. Hoekstra calls the call by the FNV union to port staff not to help with mooring as “very good”.
The Ukrainian embassy in the Netherlands calls on the government to demand the “immediate departure” of the Sunny Liger. The Netherlands, whose support Ukraine greatly values, should not become a safe haven for dirty Russian oil plans.
Previously, the ship was also unable to dock in Sweden.
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