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The External Affairs Ministry connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) said it is alternatively “premature” to sermon reports astir India receiving support for ships to transverse the Strait of Hormuz.
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“External Affairs Minister and Foreign Minister of Iran person had 3 conversations successful the past fewer days. The past 1 discussed issues pertaining to information of shipping and India’s vigor security. Beyond that, it would beryllium premature for maine to accidental anything,” said Randhir Jaiswal, authoritative spokesperson of the Ministry.
As lipid tankers and cargo ships were attacked by termination boats, drones and missiles, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026).
“Iran’s Foreign Minister reminded that the insecure concern and problems arising for shipping successful the Persian Gulf are a effect of the assertive and destabilizing actions of the United States, and the planetary assemblage indispensable clasp the U.S. accountable for this situation,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry had said aft a call.
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Cargo ships continued to beryllium targeted successful the strait adjacent arsenic India and Iran remained connected astatine the ministerial level. A Thai-flagged ship, Mayuree Naree, was deed adjacent the Iraqi larboard of Basra connected Wednesday that led to the decease of 1 Indian sailor. The vessel was headed for Kandla larboard successful Gujarat.
Following the incident, the External Affairs Ministry said, “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 of Indian citizens, person already been mislaid successful aggregate specified attacks successful the earlier signifier of this struggle and the strength and lethality of the attacks lone seems to beryllium increasing.”
India has been expressing interest astir the targeting of merchant navy ships that are stuck some wrong the Gulf arsenic good arsenic successful the Gulf of Oman adjacent the Strait of Hormuz. Government sources person been maintaining that Indian sailors marque for a ample fig of sailors successful specified ships and Iran’s attacks endanger their lives.
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Already, astatine slightest 4 Indian sailors person been killed successful attacks since the opening of the warfare connected February 28. The archetypal vessel that was deed was MT Sky Light, followed by hits connected MT Vyom (off the seashore of Oman) and LCT ALYH. Apart from that, astatine slightest 20 different Indian sailors person been injured successful aggregate attacks connected ships, sources person said.
While the injured sailors are receiving attraction successful Oman, the families of the dormant sailors are facing uncertainty. Family members of Ashish Kumar, the skipper of MT Sky Light who was known to person died successful the attack, person refused to judge successful the government’s findings.
Speaking to The Hindu, they person sought further confirmation successful the signifier of DNA tests from the carnal remains successful Oman earlier accepting the quality of his death. Sources person said that DNA trial results volition beryllium shared aft Oman completes definite ineligible procedures that are taking clip due to the fact that of the uncertainty owed to the conflict.
