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India is intimately monitoring developments, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said connected Monday (March 23, 2026) soon aft U.S. President Donald Trump announced that helium would postpone attacks connected Iran’s powerfulness infrastructure for 5 days.
Another elder authoritative termed the determination “positive”, portion emphasising that the authorities was keeping an oculus connected the developments.
Earlier, Mr. Trump said helium would clasp disconnected each subject attacks connected Iranian powerfulness plants and vigor infrastructure for the adjacent 5 days pursuing “very bully and productive conversations regarding a implicit and full solution of [our] hostilities successful the West Asia”.
The announcement led to lipid prices falling beneath the $100 per tube mark. At the clip of writing, benchmark brent crude futures (May) were trading astir 12.5% little than their erstwhile adjacent astatine $98.18 per barrel. This was aft it recovered from dipping to an intra-day debased of $97.11 per barrel.
India continues outreach to GCC countries
On Monday (March 23) evening, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with the Ambassadors of the GCC countries, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. He said they exchanged views connected the struggle successful West Asia and helium “thanked them for their continued enactment to the Indian assemblage successful the region”. He besides spoke implicit the telephone to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath astir developments successful the war.
