Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke about the possibility of participating in a maritime humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, if the ships could operate with “full protection,” in an interview on POLITICO’s Power Play podcast.

Mr Mitsotakis said he would discuss all available humanitarian aid options with French President Emmanuel Macron and Arab leaders at a high-level summit in Paris on Thursday. He added that Greece would be able to participate in a sea corridor to aid aid shipments to Gaza.

“Because of our geography, if we can deliver humanitarian aid in an organized manner and ensure that that aid reaches those who really need it most, we will be happy to do so. “We just had a plane land in Egypt and deliver humanitarian aid, and if we can discuss the possibility of a sea corridor, it would take the full protection of all parties involved to ensure that ships could have safe access to Gaza,” he said. typically the prime minister.

At the same time, he added that: “the advantage of a corridor is that you can send much more humanitarian aid in a ship than in a truck. So if the logistics work out and if it’s really convenient to do that, instead of flying aid in and then putting it in trucks, if that’s something that’s feasible and can be done with the utmost safety, I would I was very happy to participate in such an initiative” concluded Mr. Mitsotakis.