Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for keeping shipping lanes open during a phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as part of outreach to regional leaders to address escalating tensions and ensure India's energy security.
Pezeshkian referred to India's presidency of BRICS and called for the grouping to play an "independent role" in halting aggression against Iran and in safeguarding regional peace.
Modi condemned attacks on critical infrastructure in West Asia that disrupt supply chains and focused on India's key concerns, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting merchant shipping, attacks on energy infrastructure affecting supplies, and the safety of 10 million Indians in West Asia.
The Iranian readout quoted Modi as referring to his consultations with various world leaders and emphasizing that all parties should move toward peace as soon as possible, since "choosing the path of war is in no one's interest".
