Talks with Iran yielded some ‌results, but no 'blanket arrangement' for Hormuz Strait transit: Jaishankar on Indian ships passing through waterway

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has hailed direct talks with Iran as the most effective way to restart shipping through the ⁠Strait of Hormuz.

Jaishankar ⁠said, in an interview with the Financial Times ⁠published on Sunday, he ‌was engaged in talks with Tehran and that "talking has yielded some results".

Two Indian-flagged liquefied ‌petroleum gas carriers, Shivalik and Nanda Devi, carrying about 92,712 ⁠tonnes of LPG, crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday en route to India. Jaishankar ‌said that this was an ‌example of what diplomacy could bring.

“I am at the moment engaged in talking to them and my talking has yielded some results. From India’s ‌perspective, it is better that we reason and we ‌coordinate and we get a solution than we don't,” he told the newspaper.

Jaishankar said there was no "blanket arrangement" for Indian-flagged ships. "Every ship movement is an individual happening," he said and added that Iran ⁠had not received anything in exchange.

When asked whether European countries could replicate India’s arrangement, Jaishankar said each relationship with Iran “stands on its own merits”, making comparisons difficult, though he added he would be happy to share India's approach with EU capitals and noted that many ​had also held talks with Tehran.

"While this is a ​welcome development, there ​is continuing conversation because there is continued work on that,” he said.

US President Donald Trump on ‌Saturday called on nations ​to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for shipping as Iranian forces have responded to US and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Trump, in a post on his Truth ​Social, said he ⁠hoped China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others would send ships to help protect the vital, narrow passage through which about a fifth of global oil passes.