KIEV, Aug. 29 – The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine expects to receive from Ukraine's Embassy in Libya information about the lifting of a ban on the departure from the port of Benghazi of the Etel ship with Ukrainian sailors on board.

"The gunmen left the Etel vessel, which is in Benghazi now and on board of which there are 19 Ukrainian sailors, today… Tonight we are expecting to receive from our embassy in Libya information on the decision of the Libyan side to lift a ban on departure from the port of Benghazi of our vessel," Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.