Ghana’s Black Star Line has been given assurances by Egypt that its ships, which are owned by a corporation in which Israelis hold a 40 percent interest, will be allowed to pass through the Suez Canal unhindered, the Sunday Times reported here today from Accra capital of Ghana.
The Times’ correspondent wrote further that “Egypt had also agreed that any ships flying the Ghanian flag will be admitted to the canal as a gesture of African solidarity.” This means, according to the correspondent, that the “blockade of Israeli ships can now be broken by registering those that wish to use the Suez route at Takoradi (a Ghana port) and sending them through the canal under the protection of Ghana’s tricolor.”
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