Thank you Federal Chancellor Stocker for your warm wishes.
I fondly recall your recent visit to India and look forward to working together to further strengthen India-Austria ties.
@_CStocker
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi playing for India A against Afghanistan A hit 44(22). But the interesting part is that he hit nine 4s and no 6s! I wasn't able to see the match but it suggests he is growing his game.
ok so what’s the point of fielding two aircraft carriers and dozens of destroyers, frigates and corvettes if you can’t even ensure the safe escort of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, when your energy security depends on it? So much for a blue-water navy
If ships bound for India are being threatened, the Indian Navy has every right to escort Indian-bound merchant vessels through high-risk waters to ensure safe passage and just because other countries aren’t doing it doesn’t mean India shouldn’t. India isn’t a party to the ongoing conflict
Mind you, these are unilateral sanctions and blockades not UN-approved measures. So why exactly should anyone be expected to obey the whims of a single country’s interests dressed up as global rules?
How many “shadow fleet” vessels linked to China have actually been targeted? ZILCH
Any tariffs on China for importing Russian oil? Also ZILCH
Interesting how the “rules” seem to activate selectively, Nice try with the spin
While the deaths of the Indian sailors after American naval action are undeniably tragic, a larger and uncomfortable question remains - what exactly were these foreign-flagged vessels doing there?
Two of the ships had already been sanctioned by the US for being part of the so-called “shadow fleet” moving Iranian oil.
The tragedy should not obscure the reality that the masters and the Captains of these ships were fully aware of the risks they were taking.
Crew on board, mostly Indians because we have large numbers of such workers, became victims because most of the sailors on board get there either knowingly to earn extra or through unscrupulous agents who trick them.
Importantly, no Indian-flagged vessel has been targeted. Indian ships continue to transit the region under arrangements and protocols issued by both the US and Iran, irrespective of the illegality of it.
The distinction between Indian ships and foreign-flagged vessels operating in the sanctions grey zone is important.