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Soon aft a vessel bound for India was deed by a projectile successful the Strait of Hormuz connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it “deplores” specified attacks and stated that the strength of strikes connected commercialized shipping successful the portion “seems to beryllium increasing”.
“India deplores the information that commercialized shipping is being made a people of subject attacks successful the ongoing struggle successful West Asia. Precious lives, including those of Indian citizens, person already been mislaid successful aggregate specified attacks successful the earlier signifier of this conflict, and the strength and lethality of the attacks lone look to beryllium increasing,” said the MEA successful a statement.
The connection followed an onslaught connected a Thai vessel, Mayuree Naree, which was bound for Gujarat’s Kandla larboard erstwhile it was struck by a projectile connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
The onslaught is the latest successful a bid of incidents that person near dozens of Indian sailors injured and astatine slightest 3 dead. Earlier, vessels MT Sky Light, MT Vyom and LCH ALYH were deed by projectiles during the archetypal 3 days of the struggle aft hostilities flared up pursuing Israel’s onslaught connected Tehran connected February 28.
India has been successful interaction with each stakeholders successful the region, including Iran. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a telephone treatment with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026).
Following the conversation, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the “insecure concern and problems arising for shipping successful the Persian Gulf are a effect of the assertive and destabilising actions of the United States, and the planetary assemblage indispensable clasp the U.S. accountable for this situation”.
“India reiterates that targeting commercialized shipping and endangering guiltless civilian unit members oregon different impeding state of navigation and commerce should beryllium avoided,” the MEA said.
