KIEV, May 23 – Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has not issued any permit for shipment of diplomatic cargo or mail to the husband of the first secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Slovakia, Oksana Lischyshyn, who was detained when transporting contraband cigarettes, Deputy Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said.

"The Foreign Affairs Ministry has not given this family any right to use any of our vehicles or our facilities, and no mail has been handed to them – diplomatic or otherwise," Prystaiko said at a briefing in Kiev on Monday.