Top updates: Will try to remove problems, says Iran envoy on safe passage for India-bound vessels

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Indicating that India-bound vessels could soon receive safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s ambassador to India on Friday said that Tehran will try its “best to remove the problems”, The Indian Express reported.

“I think you can expect good news in the near future,” the newspaper quoted Mohammad Fathali as telling reporters in New Delhi about whether Iran would allow India-bound ships safe transit through the strait.

“India and I are friends…We have common interests, we have common faith,” Fathali said. “Suffering of the people of India is our suffering and vice versa. And for this reason, the Government of India helps us, and we should help the Government of India…”

Since the conflict in West Asia began on February 28, Iran has effectively blocked the strategic Strait of Hormuz for most international commercial vessels. The narrow waterbody that connects the Gulf to the Arabian Sea and is the world’s biggest oil chokepoint. About 20% of global petroleum supply passes through it.

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