Ramesh recalls VK Krishna Menon's hectic diplomacy during Suez crisis

NEW DELHI: (Mar 17) As the world grapples with the Strait of Hormuz crisis, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday recalled the Suez crisis in 1956 and how the then Indian envoy to the UN VK Krishna Menon was at the centre of the diplomatic effort to resolve it, even succeeding admirably but only for a while.

Ramesh also recalled that after the invasion of Egypt was halted in early November 1956, a UN Emergency Force was stationed along Sinai and Gaza on the Egypt-Israel border which was drawn from ten countries, including India.

"The world is grappling with the Strait of Hormuz crisis. 70 years ago, it grappled with what is known as the Suez crisis," Ramesh said on X.