In other news, now in India has responded to the
attacks by the Houthi rebels on ships in the Red
Sea.
The Indian Navy has deployed a fleet of 10 ships
to patrol the area including the Arabian Sea and the
Gulf Aden,
keeping a special watch on merchant ships and the evolving
situation in the region.
Now India has bolstered its presence in the crucial waterways
with after multiple attacks on merchant ships in the Red
Sea.
The fleet of 10 ships is one of the biggest
deployments so far to combat piracy.
Responding to a beyond question about the situation in the
Red Sea,
Indias Ministry of External Affairs reaffirmed its position on ensuring
free movement of cargo in the busy shipping lanes.
Maritime attack in the Red Sea increase increase recently
have prompted various countries including India and the US to
take action.
Yemens Iran backed Houthi rebels have for months targeted cargo
ships causing global trade losses worth about $30 billion.
A group of 11 countries,
including the US and Australia,
have set up maritime task force to check the attacks
in the busy shipping lane.
the US administration is also considering a stronger military response
to the repeated attacks on commercial ships.
This includes direct strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
The White House response comes in the wake of the
most direct attacks by the Houthis on the US military
this year, when it sunk 3 Houthi ships and killed
9:50 of
the rebels and the British Foreign Minister David Cameron also
issued A stern warning to the Houthis in a meeting
on the deployment of NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo
for India. The incidences in Arabian Sea remains worried.
We saw several incidences of piracy and drone attacks in
Arabian Sea and through the Arabian Sea a substantial portion
of Indias trade happens now essentially in the aftermath of
incidences, in the month of December,
India had increased its deployments of warships and other
assets. Now the number of warships have been increased to
around 10.
We know that the drone attack of the coast
of Gujarat, the MV Kemp Pluto incident,
was one of the worst incident of drone attack.
That of course raised eyebrows here in New Delhi.
Then of course, we saw the piracy incident recently of
the coast of Somalia where the Indian Navy commandos played
a key role in making sure that there is no
untoward incident. But for India,
its economic security is linked with security in the Arabian
Sea and for that reason the Indian Navy has increased
its presence.
We know that India says that it is the net
security provider and it is walking the talk with these
deployments in the region with video journalist Sanjit Sidhan sable
for Veon in New Delhi.