March 12, New Delhi: India has condemned the attack on the Thai-flagged cargo ship, Mayuree Naree, in the Strait of Hormuz, while confirming that the vessel was bound for Kandla port in Gujarat.
In a statement on the attack, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India deplores the fact that commercial shipping is being made a target of military attacks in the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
It asserted that precious lives, including those of Indian citizens, have already been lost in multiple such attacks in the earlier phase of the conflict and that the intensity and lethality of the attacks only seem to be increasing.
India reiterated that targeting commercial shipping and endangering innocent civilian crew members, or otherwise impeding freedom of navigation and commerce, should be avoided.
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