In call with Iran president, PM Modi slams infra attacks, says ship lanes must stay open

NEW DELHI: With the struggle successful the West Asia portion threatening to engulf vigor infrastructure, and amid concerns astir a imaginable LPG situation astatine home, PM Modi spoke to the Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, for the 2nd clip since the commencement of subject hostilities and reiterated the value of safeguarding state of navigation and ensuring that shipping lanes stay unfastened and secure.

In a station connected X, Modi said helium besides condemned attacks connected captious infrastructure "in the region", which endanger determination stableness and disrupt planetary proviso chains. While Modi has explicitly condemned usurpation of sovereignty and territorial integrity of GCC countries, which are important for India's vigor and diaspora interests, helium has not condemned the US-Israel attacks connected Iran. However, successful his past speech with Pezeshkian, Modi told him that India was Iran's friend.

Pezeshkian besides again urged India, arsenic the existent Brics chair, to leverage its "independent role" to halt the US-Israel hostilities against Iran. He further underscored that a prerequisite for ending the warfare is the contiguous cessation of aggression by US and Israel, on with guarantees against their recurrence successful the future, according to an Iranian readout of the talks.Separately, overseas curate S Jaishankar spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi and discussed the struggle successful West Asia and its implications for the larger region.

The struggle saw a melodramatic escalation this week with Israel attacking Iran's South Pars state tract and Tehran retaliating with strikes connected Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City, a planetary LNG hub. Modi had spoken to the Qatar Amir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and leaders of different GCC countries and condemned the attacks connected vigor infrastructure successful the region. On the attacks connected vigor installations, the PM has restricted himself to denouncing attacks "in the region" and not named immoderate country.After the onslaught connected its state field, Iran had targeted vigor hubs successful Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE, isolated from Qatar. On Saturday, the PM besides extended Eid and Nowruz greetings to Pezeshkian. "We expressed anticipation that this festive play brings peace, stableness and prosperity to West Asia," helium said, portion besides thanking Iran for ensuring the information and information of Indian nationals.