Warships collided; diplomacy reached for the file
India summoned Pakistan’s diplomat after a naval collision in the northern Arabian Sea. The details remain classified by omission, while Pakistan has offered no public account in the material reviewed.
The collision was reported; the detailed account remained undisclosed.
India summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires on Wednesday after a collision between an Indian Navy unit and Pakistani naval units in international waters in the northern Arabian Sea, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The incident took place on Tuesday evening, September 15. The MEA said there was “no major damage”.
India lodged a protest over what it called the Pakistani units’ “unacceptable and unprofessional conduct” and said the incident contravened Article 10 of the April 1991 India–Pakistan agreement on advance notice of military exercises, manoeuvres and troop movements. India also instructed its diplomat in Islamabad to lodge a similar protest.
The public account remains notably short on the useful bits: the vessels’ names, the precise manoeuvres, any damage beyond the MEA’s description and a detailed reconstruction have not been released in the material reviewed. AP reported no immediate comment from Pakistan’s government. The collision is documented; the full navigational story is still somewhere between the two capitals’ filing systems.