Saakashvili accuses sea port authority of halting funding Open Customs Space project

Head of Odesa Regional Administration Mikheil Saakashvili has accused the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority of halting funding for Open Customs Space project.

"Despite Kyiv's assertion that there is no sabotage of the Odesa customs office, Sea Port Authority has halted financing of the Open Customs Space for a far-fetched reason. If the financing is not resumed within a week, construction will not be finished before May 5, before the start of the cruise trips. This means that the new customs office will not be able to start functioning earlier than in autumn, as it would be impossible to carry out repair works when cruise ships are serviced," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Saakashvili said that despite of the halt of financing, some contractors refused to stop construction works.