00:00And Lavina, what's been the reaction to the sinking of Iran's warship?
00:05Because India's navy had welcomed Dina's arrival and is now involved in a rescue effort.
00:15Yes, I must. There's a very important technical difference that I must demarcation, if I may say,
00:24that yes, it was in the ocean, and yes, it was a diplomatic mission from Vishakhapatnam in India,
00:31where actually the U.S. was participant as well.
00:35So the U.S. was participating in the diplomatic mission from where Iran was,
00:41the Iranian ship was coming from.
00:44But it was an Indian ocean, but not an Indian jurisdiction.
00:48It was an international waters.
00:50The same goes for Sri Lanka as well, that it was an international matter.
00:54Of course, strategically, it is very, very important.
00:57And so the reaction is also very politically loaded.
01:01One would say that recently India and the U.S. had this defense treaty,
01:05and they have had defense arrangements, and the U.S. has come and done that
01:11in the strategic area of India.
01:14India is supposed to be, or at least poses itself to be, the guardian of that Indian ocean.
01:20So yes, it is, from that point of view, very significant.
01:24At the same time, one has to say it is not in India's jurisdiction,
01:28and it was in the Sri Lankan area.
01:30The distress calls that were made by the Iranian ships were made to the Sri Lankan.
01:35It did not go to India.
01:36So immediate work was happening from Sri Lanka.
01:41Of course, now India has sent their rescue mission as well.
01:46But these are two technical differences, the demarcations that we must bear in mind
01:51when we think of this.
01:54What has been the reaction?
01:55Just to quickly answer that, it is definitely one which is very uncomfortable.
02:01It's a very uncomfortable knock on the doors of India that has tried its very best
02:07to be quiet, to remain quiet and to remain neutral, but they would have to react.
02:12Now they have had to react.
02:14They've gone after five days to write in the books of expressing for Khomeini,
02:20the death of Khomeini, and they have had to make statements.
02:23So yes, they are coming.
02:24They are having to hopefully not take a stand,
02:28but definitely be more reactive than they have been till now.
02:33So it is a very uncomfortable and the closest knock that they have had
02:37or the closest worm that they have had with the Iran conflict.
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