Middle East crisis: Jaishankar holds ‘detailed talks’ with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi

New Delhi: Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaishankar A telephone conversation was held with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday to discuss regional developments and concerns about shipping security in the region. A subsequent post on X EAM detailed the meeting and said both parties agreed to stay in touch.

“Had a detailed conversation this evening with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the latest developments in the current conflict. We agreed to stay in touch.”Iran’s Foreign Ministry later provided details of the call between the two ministers in a statement on Wednesday. .Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted on The two ministers also discussed the impact of the ongoing conflict on maritime traffic in the key waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to global shipping lanes, the statement said.“The foreign ministers of Iran and India also discussed the impact of military aggression by the US and Israeli regimes on the security of shipping and vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the Iranian foreign ministry said.During the call, Araghchi detailed the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran in the past 11 days, including a missile attack on a girls’ elementary school that killed more than 100 girls, as well as civilian places and public service centers. In this telephone conversation, the Iranian Foreign Minister detailed the crimes committed by the United States and the Israeli regime 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 widespread attacks on civilian sites and public service centers. He emphasized Iran’s determination to fully defend Iran’s integrity,” the post added. He said such actions violated international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. The Iranian minister also referred to what he called Iran’s “principled approach to safeguarding shipping security in the Persian Gulf,” adding that instability affecting maritime traffic in the region was the result of “aggressive and destabilizing actions by the United States.”Jaishankar stressed the importance of continuing and strengthening bilateral relations between India and Iran and stressed the need for continued consultations to restore stability in the region, the statement said.