The purpose of the visit of the ship was to deliver water and food, it has already left the territorial waters of Georgia

According to Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Guram Guramishvili, the Russian ship did not enter Batumi dock and was only in the vicinity of the port for water and food supplies.

According to Guramishvili, the ship has already left Georgian territorial waters.

"The ATACAMA vessel, which had docked in the Batumi waterway cruise area on August 29, was checked, not at the boat anchorage in the port, as reported in the story. The purpose of the ship entering Georgian waters was to supply drinking water and food products, which was carried out on August 30 via a float in the cruise point. As for the cargo, the ship did not apply for cargo operations and therefore did not carry out outbound cargo operations.

The ATACAMA vessel, as well as its owner, according to current data is not on the list of sanctioned companies, and at the moment the vessel has been removed from the cruise point and has left Georgian waters," Guram Guramishvili said. .