West Asia war: India's EAM, Israel FM discuss Iran, Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon on phone

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Gideon Saar on Tuesday discussed Iran the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon with External Affairs Minister S JaishankarSaar said that Irans harm to freedom of navigation through economic terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz requires action that will ensure the freedom of navigation for all countries including IndiaIn a post on X Saar said A good conversation as always with my friend Indias Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar We discussed Iran the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon I said that the firm American stance in the negotiations on conditions that would prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons no enrichment in Iran removal of enriched material from Iran is critical for the entire international community he saidA good conversation as always with my friend Indiarsquos Minister of External Affairs DrSJaishankar We discussed Iran the Strait of Hormuz and LebanonI said that the firm American stance in the negotiations on conditions that would prevent Iran from obtaining nuclearhellip pictwittercommiTi4YlXYEmdash Gideon Saar gidonsaar April 14 2026I also said that Irans harm to freedom of navigation and the global economy through economic terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz requires action that will ensure the freedom of navigation for all countries including India and our friends in the Gulf he addedThe call comes after Jaishankar concluded his official visit to the UAESpeaking on the primary focus of his highlevel discussions the External Affairs Minister told ANI I arrived in the UAE yesterday So this morning I met with Sheikh Mohammed the President of the UAE I brought with me a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and our conversation focused on our strategic relationship and its various initiatives such as energy economic trade and the energy and trade relationship The UAE is a major partner for us so we discussed thatIndia on Friday expressed deep concern over the rising number of civilian casualties in Lebanon amid continued strikes by Israel despite the twoweek ceasefire imposed to halt the monthlong conflict in West Asia reiterating that the protection of civilians remains its foremost priorityAddressing an InterMinisterial Briefing on recent developments in West Asia in New Delhi Ministry of External Affairs MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the current situation is very disturbing particularly given Indias longstanding commitment to peace and stability in the region He further said that there are about 1000 Indian nationals living in LebanonWe are deeply concerned by reports of a large number of civilian casualties that have been reported in Lebanon As a troopcontributing country to United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL which is invested in Lebanons peace and securitythe trajectory of events is very disturbing Jaiswal saidOn March 24 highlighting the strategic depth of the ongoing bilateral dialogue Ambassador of Israel to India Reuven Azar has underscored that both nations are maintaining highlevel communication regarding the current regional operations Azar noted that Israel remains committed to ensuring India is fully briefed on the security dynamics shifting across West AsiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever