ATHENS, Greece – Greece's foreign ministry says it is to contact the organizers of a flotilla that hopes to breach Israel's sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, to offer to transport the aid they are carrying itself.
Greece has banned the flotilla's boats from leaving Greek ports to head to the territory, citing security concerns. Over the weekend, it announced it was willing to transport the humanitarian aid itself on Greek vessels or by other means.
Ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras said Monday the ministry would contact the activists to discuss details of how this could be done.
Israel says it imposed the blockade in 2007 to stop weapons reaching Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza. Last year, nine activists on a Turkish boat in a similar flotilla were killed during an Israeli raid.
