With the US and Iran set to sign an interim peace agreement on Friday, PM Narendra Modi told President Donald Trump he was confident that the issue of seafarers will receive the “highest priority” during the implementation of this agreement, while appreciating the president’s “tremendous efforts” in reaching the deal.
The leaders spoke to the media before their bilateral meeting in France – the first in 16 months – where Trump was also asked if he had a word of condolence about the deaths of 3 Indian mariners in US strikes on a tanker last week in the Gulf of Oman.
The president replied in the affirmative as he said, “yeah, I do” but also seemed to downplay the incident as he said such incidents have taken place in the past too. “It's a rough profession.
There's no question about it.
And we work together on it.
