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India Seeks Safe Passage For Ships



New Delhi: India is in contact with Iran, the United States, Israel and Gulf nations, and two Indian ships carrying LPG have crossed the Straits of Hormuz and are due to arrive at Indian ports on March 16 and 17, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Saturday. He said the two ships, Shivalik and Nanda Devi, are carrying more than 92,700 metric tonnes of LPG between them and had crossed the strait as a “result of these multiple contacts”. Government officials said that of the 22 Indian ships in the Gulf region, six are LPG carriers and four are oil tankers. Jaiswal said several other Indian ships in the Gulf region were “on standby”.



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