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India Condemns Houthi Attacks, Warns of Bab-el-Mandeb Threat
India criticized attacks by the Houthi movement against Saudi Arabia.
The attacks affected civilian infrastructure and economic assets, including an important oil pipeline.
India said the violence could make travel by ships through the Bab-el-Mandeb more dangerous.
This waterway connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea.
India also said peace and stability should return to the region soon.
Separately, an attack near Oman affected a Panama-flagged ship carrying 14 Indian nationals.
Omani authorities helped rescue 13 of them.
Search efforts continue for the one Indian national still missing.
India condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s civilian infrastructure and economic assets.
Randhir Jaiswal said the strikes undermine regional stability and threaten Bab-el-Mandeb navigation.
S Jaishankar discussed the Houthi issue with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at Sunday’s BRICS summit.
The Houthi movement attacked Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, a key crude-export route.
Thirteen of 14 Indians aboard a Panama-flagged ship were rescued after an attack near Oman; one remains missing.
- Who
- India, represented by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, condemned attacks attributed to the Houthi movement; 14 Indian nationals were also involved in a separate shipping incident.
- What
- India warned that attacks on Saudi infrastructure threaten regional stability and safe navigation through the Bab-el-Mandeb; one Indian seafarer remains missing after an attack near Oman.
- Where
- The attacks involved Saudi Arabia, the Red Sea region and shipping near Oman; the Bab-el-Mandeb lies between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- When
- The statement was made Tuesday; S Jaishankar and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud discussed the issue on Sunday. India had also condemned attacks the previous week.
- Why
- India said the attacks are unacceptable because they threaten civilian infrastructure, economic assets, commercial shipping, seafarers and freedom of navigation.
Key facts
- Statement
- India expressed serious concern over Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.
- Key official
- External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.
- Maritime route
- The Bab-el-Mandeb connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea.
- Pipeline targeted
- Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline was attacked by the Houthi movement.
- Ship incident
- A Panama-flagged ship carrying 14 Indian nationals was attacked near Oman.
- Rescue status
- Thirteen Indians were rescued and one remained missing as search operations continued.
- India’s position
- India called for the restoration of peace, safe navigation and commercial flows.
Quotes
Randhir Jaiswal
Spokesperson for India’s External Affairs Ministry
“Having said that, let me say that targeting of commercial shipping, seafarers, civilians and civilian infrastructure in the region is unacceptable to us. We also urge that free and safe navigation and flow of commerce through international waterways in the region be restored at the earliest”
NDTV
“We have condemned the attack on the Saudi sovereign territory, including on the civilian infrastructure and economic assets. I would say that such attacks undermine regional stability and threaten freedom of navigation through the Bab-el-Mandeb”
NDTV
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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