In a timely intervention during mounting Middle East unrest, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected with France’s Emmanuel Macron over phone. Their discussion centered on urgent measures to revive peace and stability through diplomatic channels, rejecting escalatory tactics.
Modi took to X to outline the productive dialogue: ‘Today, I spoke with my friend Emmanuel Macron. We reviewed the changing dynamics in West Asia. Both of us concurred that dialogue and diplomacy are essential to resolving this crisis. Together, we’ll persist in efforts to bring back peace and normalcy to the area.’
The backdrop is grim: Day six of US-Israel-Iran hostilities, marked by India’s official mourning for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri personally visited Tehran’s embassy in the capital to sign the book of condolences, symbolizing national solidarity in grief.
India’s outreach extended further with EAM S. Jaishankar’s calls to Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi and Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi, weaving a network of diplomatic engagement.
Adding fuel to the fire, Iran pointed fingers at Azerbaijan for drone attacks damaging key infrastructure and wounding civilians. Azerbaijan hit back by protesting to Iran’s envoy, amid whispers of shifting alliances—no US footprint there, yet a warming toward America.
Reports from Tasnim News, quoting official sources, peg Iranian deaths from the assaults at 1,230. As global powers convene virtually, Modi-Macron’s pact signals a united front for sanity in a powder-keg zone, with implications rippling worldwide.