India says talks with Iran helping reopen Hormuz shipping

India’s foreign minister has said diplomacy with Iran is proving effective in restoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said direct talks with Tehran had already produced results after two Indian-flagged LPG carriers passed safely through the waterway on Saturday.

“Talking has yielded some results,” he said.

US President Donald Trump has meanwhile has been pleading with countries to send warships to keep the strategic strait open after starting a war against Iran alongside Israel.

Jaishankar said dialogue remained the preferred path forward.

“Certainly, from India’s perspective, it is better that we reason and we coordinate and we get a solution than we don't.”