External affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the West Asia conflict and its implications, including the Strait of Hormuz situation, in their first bilateral meeting since the US-Israel and Iran war started in February.
Araghchi said later that he had a fruitful engagement with Jaishankar, discussed regional developments and clarified that Iran will always carry out “historical duty as protector of security in Hormuz”.
