New Delhi asks Iran to guarantee safety of 17 Indians aboard captured ship

New Delhi is in contact with Tehran through diplomatic channels to guarantee the safety of the 17 Indians on board the ship “connected” with Israel captured this Saturday by Will at the Persian Gulfstated an official source.

“We are aware that control of the freighter’MSC Aries‘was taken by Will. We know there are 17 Indian citizens on board“, a source from the Asian country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told EFE.

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“We are in contact with Iranian authorities through diplomatic channels, both in Tehran as in Delhito ensure the safety, well-being and speedy release of Indian citizens”he added.

New Delhi and Tehran They have maintained stable diplomatic relations since the 1950s, while economic relations are dominated by imports of Iranian crude oil by the India.

O Iranian Revolutionary Guard this Saturday captured a cargo ship associated with Israel in the Persian Gulf, which according to the Iranian agency Tasnim would be the ‘MSC ARIES‘, with the Portuguese flag and linked to the company’Maritime Zodiac‘, Israeli property.

Israel confirmed the capture of the cargo ship and asked the European Union (EU) to declare the organization a “terrorist organization” Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

The capture further increased tension in the Middle Easta region already on alert against possible reprisals Tehran for Israel for the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, in which seven members of the Revolutionary Guard and six Syrians.

Israel guarantees that it is in “maximum alert”to protect itself from “new Iranian aggression”, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral reiterated today in a statement Daniel Hagari.

Source: Elcomercio

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