India summoned Iran’s envoy in New Delhi after two Indian ships reversed course in the Strait of Hormuz amid reported gunfire from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
India’s foreign secretary conveyed New Delhi’s “deep concern at the shooting incident” at two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz to the Iranian ambassador, a statement by India’s External Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.
The foreign secretary told the Iranian envoy that Tehran had earlier facilitated the safe passage of several ships bound for India, reports AP.
The statement said the Indian official urged the Iranian ambassador to “convey India’s views to the authorities in Iran and resume at the earliest the process of facilitating India-bound ships across the Strait.”
