New Delhi: Foreign Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar He spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday to discuss regional developments and concerns over shipping security in the region. A later post on X EAM detailed the conversation and said both sides agreed to remain in touch.

“Had detailed talks this evening with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the latest developments regarding the ongoing conflict. We agreed to remain in touch.”Later, Iran’s Foreign Ministry gave details of the phone call between the two ministers in a statement on Wednesday. .In a post on Twitter, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said: “India’s Foreign Minister Subramanian Jaishankar held a phone conversation with Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, during which they discussed regional developments.” According to the statement, the two ministers also discussed the impact of the ongoing conflict on maritime traffic through the key waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to global shipping routes.“The foreign ministers of Iran and India also discussed the consequences of the US and Israeli regime’s military aggression on the security of shipping and vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.During the call, Araghchi detailed the attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran over the past 11 days, including a missile attack on a girls’ elementary school that killed more than 100 girls, and attacks on civilian sites and public service centers. “In this telephone conversation, Iran’s Foreign Minister detailed the crimes committed by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Iranian nation over the past 11 days, including the missile attack on the girls’ elementary school in Minab on the first day of the war and the subsequent widespread attacks on civilian sites and public service centers. He stressed Iran’s determination to comprehensively defend Iran’s integrity,” the post added. He said such actions are a violation of international law and the principles of the UN Charter. The Iranian minister also noted Iran’s principled approach to safeguarding navigational security in the Persian Gulf, adding that the instability affecting maritime traffic in the region was a result of “the aggressive and destabilizing actions of the United States.”According to the statement, Jaishankar stressed the importance of continuing and strengthening bilateral relations between India and Iran and the need for continued consultations aimed at restoring stability in the region.