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New Delhi summons US diplomat over Oman vessel attack: India govt source

New Delhi summons US diplomat over Oman vessel attack: India govt source
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India summoned the senior US diplomat in New Delhi Wednesday to lodge “strong protest” after an attack on a vessel off the coast of Oman left three Indian crewmembers missing.

The foreign ministry “summoned (US) charge d’affaires, lodged a strong protest” over the attack on the commercial vessel, a senior Indian government official told AFP.

Twenty-one other Indian crew members were rescued from the commercial vessel Settebello, with the foreign ministry condemning the attack in a statement.

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