India hopes Hormuz traffic will provide energy relief

Published June 23, 2026 Updated June 23, 2026 01:51pm

Resumed shipping flows through the Strait of Hormuz would ease energy and fertiliser supply bottlenecks, India’s security chief said during a BRICS security meeting in New Delhi, AFP reports.

The current state of the crucial waterway for oil and gas transport is uncertain — it reopened last week, after Iran and the United States reached an agreement, but Tehran announced on Saturday it had closed it again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said its reopening would be a “highly welcome development,” as security chiefs of the BRICS bloc of nations met.

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