India’s Minister of External Affairs will make a two-day journey to Iran beginning Sunday, following Western airstrikes towards Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Tehran-backed group’s assaults on vessels within the Red Sea.

The go to by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar comes a month after a drone assault on a ship close to Indian waters that the United States blamed on Iran.

A authorities assertion issued Saturday mentioned that Jaishankar would meet his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian to debate “bilateral, regional and global issues,” with out giving additional element.

The Houthis have carried out scores of drone and missile strikes on the important thing worldwide route by way of the Red Sea for the reason that begin of Israel’s warfare in Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas’s assault on Israel on October 7.

Many vessels have been rerouted from the Red Sea attributable to drone and missile assaults carried out by the Houthi rebels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

India has considerably stepped up its personal maritime patrols within the Arabian Sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after the string of assaults on vessels.

In December a drone assault hit the MV Chem Pluto oil tanker 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) off the coast of India, which the United States blamed on Iran — claims Tehran dubbed “worthless.”

Earlier this month India’s navy mentioned it had rescued 21 crew members from a vessel within the Arabian Sea after a hijacking misery name.

Jaishankar mentioned Thursday he had spoken to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about “maritime security challenges, especially (in) the Red Sea region.”