Iran’s envoy to New Delhi says Tehran allowed some Indian vessels to pass the Strait in a rare exception to the blockade.
New Delhi says two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bound for ports in the country’s west have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in Iran.
“They crossed the Strait of Hormuz early morning safely and are en route to India,” Rajesh Kumar Sinha, special secretary of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said at a news briefing in New Delhi on Saturday.
Tehran has largely halted traffic through the key sea route that normally carries one-fifth of global oil supplies since the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran late last month.
The war has prompted a critical shortage of cooking gas in India, a country with longstanding ties to Iran.
Also on Saturday, Iran’s ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, said Tehran had allowed some Indian vessels to pass the Strait of Hormuz in a rare exception to the blockade that has disrupted global energy supplies.
Fathali, speaking at a conclave organised by the India Today media group in New Delhi, did not confirm the number of vessels that have been provided safe passage.
