US EditionGulf Energy Attacks 'Unacceptable', India Says as Supply Fears Mount
India condemns attacks on Gulf energy sites, urges dialogue to de-escalate tensions amid disruptions affecting over 600 Indian crew and global energy markets, officials said.
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that targeting civilian energy infrastructure across the Gulf region is 'deeply disturbing' and 'unacceptable' and urged an immediate halt to strikes.
- Escalating exchanges between Iran and Israel have seen both strike energy installations, with Iran hitting the Ras Laffan LNG facility, Qatar, causing extensive damage.
- Brent crude jumped more than 10% to over $119 a barrel as 22 Indian ships with over 600 crew are stuck in the Gulf and India fears supply crunch from Qatar's LNG cuts.
- After a March 19 call, India and France said they are 'working closely together' to de-escalate tensions, but BRICS has not reached consensus due to Iran-UAE differences.
- India has shifted its stance to emphasise avoiding attacks on civilian infrastructure, with New Delhi fearing a supply crunch and deeper economic strains across energy-dependent sectors.
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Gulf attacks ’unacceptable’, India says amid supply concerns
India condemned strikes on energy facilities in the Gulf as "unacceptable" on Thursday, warning they risk worsening global energy flows. Iran hit the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Qatar on Thursday in retaliation for an Israeli attack on its South Pars gas field. The assault on Qatar's Ras Laffan facility has stoked fears of wider disruptions to fuel supplies, including for India, which relies on Qatar for over 40 perce…
India expresses deep concern over attacks against energy installations in Gulf region, says "unacceptable, need to cease"
India today said that the recent attacks against energy installations in different locations across the Gulf region are deeply disturbing and only serve to further destabilise an already uncertain energy scenario for the whole world.
Deeply disturbing: MEA calls for cessation of attack on energy, civil infrastructure amid West Asia conflict - The Tribune
'Right from the very beginning, we have called for avoiding targeting of civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure across the region. Recent attacks against energy installations in different locations are therefore deeply disturbing and only serve to further destabilise an already uncertain energy scenario for the whole world. Such attacks are unacceptable and need to cease,' MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Modi, Jaishankar work the phones, call for dialogue as strikes on energy infrastructure escalate
French President says India and France working closely together to reduce tensions in West Asia; recent attacks against energy installations are deeply disturbing, says MEA spokesperson
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