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India urged the United States to halt strikes on shipping on Thursday after three U.S. attacks on Indian-crewed tankers this week, including one that killed three sailors.
The deaths are the first reported since a U.S. blockade on Iran-linked shipping began on April 13 in which U.S. forces have disabled eight ships and turn back more than 100 others.
"These attacks must cease and end," Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters."We also call for dialogue and diplomacy so that we can have an early return to peace and stability in the region."
Jaiswal said the U.S. Navy has attacked three ships with Indian crews this week, including one on Thursday.
U.S. OFFICIAL SUMMONED
He said the ministry had summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires in New Delhi on Wednesday to convey its "deepest concerns over the ongoing attacks" after a strike on the tanker Settebello off Oman in which three Indian sailors died.
The U.S. embassy did not respond to requests for immediate comment.
The U.S. military's Central Command said a U.S. aircraft had carried out a precision strike on the Settebello's engine room "after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces".
It said the Settebello "violated the ongoing blockade by attempting to transport oil from Iran".
The ship's manager, IOS Marine FZE, rejected claims that it ignored warnings or was carrying Iranian crude and called for a transparent international investigation into the matter.
The Settebello "holds no affiliation whatsoever with Iran or Iranian oil", it said in a statement posted on X by Forward Seamen's Union of India.
OMANI NAVY RESCUED 21 CREWThe Omani Navy responded to the Settebello’s distress call after it reported an engine fire and 21 Indian sailors were rescued.Family members of Shivanand Chaurasia, one of the sailors who died, told reporters he had gone to sea about nine months ago and had told his father earlier this week that everything was fine.
Indian Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the deaths of the three sailors was a "profound loss to our maritime family".
-Reuters
The deaths are the first reported since a U.S. blockade on Iran-linked shipping began on April 13 in which U.S. forces have disabled eight ships and turn back more than 100 others.
"These attacks must cease and end," Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters."We also call for dialogue and diplomacy so that we can have an early return to peace and stability in the region."
Jaiswal said the U.S. Navy has attacked three ships with Indian crews this week, including one on Thursday.
U.S. OFFICIAL SUMMONED
He said the ministry had summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires in New Delhi on Wednesday to convey its "deepest concerns over the ongoing attacks" after a strike on the tanker Settebello off Oman in which three Indian sailors died.
The U.S. embassy did not respond to requests for immediate comment.
The U.S. military's Central Command said a U.S. aircraft had carried out a precision strike on the Settebello's engine room "after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces".
It said the Settebello "violated the ongoing blockade by attempting to transport oil from Iran".
The ship's manager, IOS Marine FZE, rejected claims that it ignored warnings or was carrying Iranian crude and called for a transparent international investigation into the matter.
The Settebello "holds no affiliation whatsoever with Iran or Iranian oil", it said in a statement posted on X by Forward Seamen's Union of India.
OMANI NAVY RESCUED 21 CREWThe Omani Navy responded to the Settebello’s distress call after it reported an engine fire and 21 Indian sailors were rescued.Family members of Shivanand Chaurasia, one of the sailors who died, told reporters he had gone to sea about nine months ago and had told his father earlier this week that everything was fine.
Indian Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the deaths of the three sailors was a "profound loss to our maritime family".
-Reuters
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