Overview
- In a post on X, Ramesh recalled the 1956 crisis and said Menon led efforts at the United Nations, succeeding “for a while.”
- He recounted that Nasser’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal prompted a UK–France–Israel invasion that ended after Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened.
- Ramesh highlighted the UN Emergency Force that followed, noting India’s troop contribution and later command by Lt. Gen. P.S. Gyani and Maj. Gen. Inder Jit Rikhye.
- He added that Jawaharlal Nehru addressed Indian peacekeepers in Gaza in 1960, underscoring India’s peacekeeping legacy.
- The current Strait of Hormuz crisis has seen reported Iranian strikes slow commercial shipping to a trickle, lifting oil prices and increasing pressure on Washington.