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UN main Antonio Guterres has condemned the onslaught connected a Palau-flagged tanker disconnected the seashore of Oman successful which three Indian seafarers person been killed, his spokesperson said.
On Wednesday (June 10, 2026), the U.S. struck different Palau-flagged tanker, MT Settebello, sidesplitting 3 retired of the 24 Indian sailors connected board.
"...Notably, the Settebello tanker was deed and a fig of Indian seafarers were killed. And that is an onslaught that was intelligibly condemned by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). And we afloat enactment and 2nd that language," Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, said astatine the regular property briefing connected Thursday (June 11).
Mr. Dujarric was referring to a connection issued by IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, successful which helium had expressed his “deep sadness” and “strong condemnation” of the onslaught connected the tanker MT Settebello, sailing nether the emblem of Palau, disconnected the seashore of Oman.
The IMO connection added that the incident, which occurred adjacent the Strait of Hormuz and is reported to person followed a projectile onslaught against the vessel, resulted successful a occurrence connected committee and the deaths of the 3 seafarers.
Mr. Dominguez said successful the connection that helium “strongly” condemns immoderate enactment from immoderate enactment that endangers the lives of seafarers and the information of planetary shipping.
"This is simply unacceptable. My thoughts are with the families of the 3 seafarers who mislaid their lives and with each those awaiting quality of the unit members.” Mr. Dominguez said IMO has underscored the request to support seafarers, civilian shipping and the state of navigation astatine each times.
“All actions affecting planetary shipping indispensable afloat respect planetary instrumentality and the information of beingness astatine sea. The extortion of seafarers is simply a shared work that indispensable stay paramount,” Mr. Dominguez said.
IMO said it is monitoring the concern intimately and calls for a afloat and transparent probe into the circumstances of the incident.
On the concern successful West Asia, Mr. Guterres said helium is profoundly acrophobic by the continuing escalation successful the region, including the strikes by the United States connected Iran and the strikes by Iran connected neighbouring countries successful the Gulf and beyond that are not parties to the struggle and a important summation successful hostile rhetoric.
Mr. Guterres urged the parties to instrumentality to the afloat implementation of the ceasefire, to debar immoderate further deterioration, which could trigger a afloat resumption of the conflict, with unpredictable consequences for the portion and the world, particularly the astir susceptible countries.
The Secretary-General underscored that the workout of navigational rights and freedoms, successful accordance with planetary law, indispensable beryllium respected.
He further called connected each parties to uphold their obligations nether planetary instrumentality and to instrumentality each feasible precautions to support civilians, reiterating that the lone mode guardant is done genuine dialog and negotiations.
Mr. Guterres called connected the United States and Iran to redouble their efforts towards a peaceful, broad and durable statement that advances determination and planetary bid and security.
Following Wednesday's (June 10) incident, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned U.S. Charge d'Affaires Jason Meeks, and helium was handed a diplomatic enactment of protest.
India has described the attacks connected commercialized vessels arsenic "deeply worrisome", and it has strongly taken up the substance with the U.S.
India connected Thursday (June 11) said 3 merchant ships with Indian unit members came nether onslaught from American subject disconnected the seashore of Oman successful the past 4 days, resulting successful the decease of the 3 nationals. New Delhi has lodged a beardown protestation with the U.S. implicit the strikes.
A Palau-flagged lipid tanker, Marivex, carrying 24 Indian seafarers, was disabled by U.S. forces connected June 8. All unit members were safely rescued.
On June 10, the U.S. struck different Palau-flagged tanker, Settebello, sidesplitting 3 retired of the 24 Indian sailors connected board. Another vessel, ‘Jalveer’, a Guinea-Bissau-flagged tanker with 20 Indians, was attacked connected Thursday.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal connected Friday (June 12) said astatine a quality briefing that the 3 abstracted strikes connected the Settebello, Marivex and Jalveer “came from the U.S. Navy”.
The U.S. subject imposed a blockade connected Iranian ports aft Iran efficaciously unopen the Strait of Hormuz, a strategical waterway done which astir 20% of planetary vigor supplies are transported successful mean times.
