Jaishankar Explained Why Iran’s Ship Allowed To Dock At Kochi: Why was Iran’s ship allowed to come to India? Foreign Minister Jaishankar explained in detail

New Delhi. India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has given detailed information regarding permission to the Iranian ship to come to Kochi port. The Foreign Minister said that help was sought from Iran’s side and we allowed the Iranian ship to enter India on humanitarian grounds, we did the right thing. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, the Foreign Minister said that I also support the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and international law. We had received a message from Iran that one of their ships, which was closest to India’s maritime borders at that time, wanted to come to our port because it was having a technical fault. I remember it was on 28th February and on 1st March we said, okay, you can come.

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After this the Iranian ship docked at Kochi port. He told that many young cadets were also present in that Iranian ship. When the ship set out on its mission, conditions were normal, but conditions changed on the way. The Foreign Minister said that a similar situation existed in Sri Lanka, but unfortunately the ship could not survive there. Let us tell you that Iran’s warship Iris Dena was attacked and sunk by an American submarine with torpedoes near Sri Lankan waters.

The External Affairs Minister further said that India has a special significance in the context of the Indian Ocean and hence a special responsibility and a special contribution. You know, it’s not just because we are a big and central country, but also because we really have the ability to bring a lot of countries to the table or to the platform because we have good relations with them. The External Affairs Minister said that the Indian Ocean region is an ecosystem.

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