The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned US Chargé d’Affaires Jason Meeks for the second time on Friday to lodge a formal protest after an American strike on Guinea-Bissau-flagged MT Jalveer carrying 20 Indian seafarers, marking the third such attack in three days.
Public anger has been mounting in India after the US military stationed in the Gulf carried out attacks on three vessels carrying Indian seafarers. The deadliest incident involved MT Settebello, a Palau-flagged tanker that was attacked by US in the Gulf of Oman, where three Indian sailors were killed.
The US envoy was called in by the MEA’s Additional Secretary (Americas) to lodge a demarche. This is the second time the US mission has been summoned by the MEA. Meeks was summoned by the Ministry on Wednesday after the attack on the Palau-flagged Settebello.