The European Union has received commitments from the Georgian government that from now on no tanker from the "shadow fleet" will be allowed to dock in [Georgia's] ports; we will continue to closely monitor the fulfillment of these commitments. This was stated by European Commission Spokesperson Shavan McGuire at a briefing.

"Indeed, in the context of the 20th sanctions package, we were considering adding the Georgian port of Kulevi to the list due to interactions with vessels from Russia's 'shadow fleet' and concerns that it might be used for the re-export of Russian oil, which would of course violate EU sanctions.

Thus, the EU Special Envoy for Sanctions, David O'Sullivan, received a series of commitments from the Georgian government that the activities of concern to us would cease. Georgia's Foreign Minister also pledged that from now on no tanker from the 'shadow fleet' will be allowed to dock in [Georgia's] ports.

Additional commitments were received from SOCAR. SOCAR is the state-owned Azerbaijani company that operates the port.

Of course, we will continue to closely monitor the implementation of these commitments and will not hesitate to take measures against any actor that we find actively undermining the effectiveness of our sanctions," - McGuire stated in response to a journalist's question.