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Jaishankar Warns Terrorism Threat as 22 Indians Die

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Atlanta on Oct 31 2026.
Jaishankar announced a joint India-Liberia initiative to protect mariners and safeguard seafarers.
He warned that terrorism has become a high-risk activity that “has come back to bite even the practitioners.”
Jaishankar reported 22 Indian nationals, including 14 seafarers, have died since the West Asia war began in February.

History

On 6 October 2002 al-Qaeda suicide bombers hit the French-flagged MV Limburg off Yemen, killing one crew member and spilling about 90,000 barrels of oil. The International Maritime Organization responded by adopting the ISPS Code in 2004, requiring new port security measures worldwide. India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar and U.S. secretary Marco Rubio invoked that framework in Atlanta, launching an India-Liberia seafarer protection pact.

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On 6 October 2002 al-Qaeda suicide bombers hit the French-flagged MV Limburg off Yemen, killing one crew member and spilling about 90,000 barrels of oil. The International Maritime Organization responded by adopting the ISPS Code in 2004, requiring new port security measures worldwide. India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar and U.S. secretary Marco Rubio invoked that framework in Atlanta, launching an India-Liberia seafarer protection pact.

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