Targeting commercial shipping, impeding navigation in Strait of Hormuz unacceptable: India’s UN envoy
In his post ‘X’, Harish wrote: “India’s common approach to the recent energy and fertilizer crisis in the light of the conflict in West Asia, at the Special Meeting of UNECOSOC on the Protection of Energy and Supply Flows. A combination of short-term and structural measures as well as international cooperation is essential to respond to the crisis. He reiterated that targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crews and obstructing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is unacceptable. In this context, international The law must be fully respected.”
This comes after Iran announced a “professional mechanism” to regulate maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz through a designated route, to be announced soon.
Iranian Parliament NSC Chairman Ibrahim Azizi, in his post about X, said that the proposed mechanism was developed within the framework of Iran’s national sovereignty and to ensure the security of international trade. He also stated that only commercial ships and parties cooperating with Iran will be allowed to benefit from the mechanism. Azizi also said the proposed route would remain closed to operators associated with the so-called “freedom project”.
In Azizi’s ‘X’ post, “Iran has prepared a professional mechanism for the management of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, within the framework of the guarantee of national sovereignty and international trade security, along a designated route that will be announced soon. In this process, only commercial ships and parties cooperating with Iran will benefit from this. Necessary fees will be collected for the special services to be provided within the scope of this mechanism. This route will remain closed to the operators of the so-called ‘freedom project’.”
Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump warned of “a very bad time” if no peace agreement to end the West Asian crisis is reached, Al Jazeera reported, citing local French broadcaster BFMTV.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asserted that the United States remains the main obstacle to peace in West Asia. Araghchi claimed that after more than a month of failed military objectives, the United States was trying to turn to dialogue, which was met with deep suspicion in Tehran. Speaking at the press conference held in New Delhi after the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting, the Iranian Foreign Minister laid bare the trust deficit that defines the current geopolitical impasse. “Now, after 40 days of war, when the United States has become desperate to achieve any goal in its attack on Iran, they have offered to negotiate… We have no trust in the Americans… This is the main obstacle to any diplomatic effort. We have every reason not to trust the Americans, whereas they have no reason not to trust us.”
