Middle East crisis: Jaishankar holds ‘detailed conversation’ with Iranian foreign minister Araghchi | India News
New Delhi: Foreign Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas held a phone conversation with Aragchi on Tuesday, to discuss regional developments and concerns over shipping security in the region. X later detailed the discussion in a post on EAM and said both sides agreed to stay in touch.
“A detailed conversation this evening with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi on the latest developments in the ongoing conflict. We agreed to stay in touch.”Iran’s Foreign Ministry later detailed the phone conversation between the two ministers in a statement on Wednesday. .In a post on X, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held a telephone conversation with Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, during which they discussed regional developments.” According to the statement, the two ministers also discussed the impact of the ongoing conflict on maritime traffic through the key waterway that connects the Persian Gulf with global shipping routes.The foreign ministers of Iran and India also discussed the consequences of the US and Israeli government’s military aggression on shipping and shipping security through the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s foreign ministry said.During the call, Araghchi detailed US and Israeli attacks on Iran over the past 11 days, including a missile attack on a girls’ elementary school that killed more than 100 girls, and civilian sites and public service centers. “In this telephone conversation, Iran’s foreign minister detailed the crimes committed by the United States and the Israeli government against the Iranian nation over the past 11 days, including the missile attack on a girls’ primary school in Minab on the first day of the war, and subsequent mass attacks on civilian sites and public service centers. He stressed Iran’s determination to comprehensively protect Iran’s integrity,” the post added. He said such activities are a violation of international law and principles of the UN Charter. The Iranian minister also noted what he called Iran’s “principled approach to protecting shipping security in the Persian Gulf” and added that the instability affecting maritime traffic in the region was the result of “aggressive and destabilizing actions by the United States.”Jaishankar, according to the statement, stressed the importance of continuing and strengthening bilateral relations between India and Iran and the need for continued dialogue aimed at restoring stability in the region.
