New Delhi, March 15 -- India said on Saturday it is in touch with all key stakeholders in West Asia to ensure the safe passage of Indian-flagged merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the country's energy security, even as two LPG tankers sailed through the crucial waterway and headed towards Indian ports. Twenty-two Indian-flagged merchant vessels - including six LPG carriers, an LNG carrier and four crude oil tankers - are still in the Persian Gulf and awaiting safe passage, officials said. Shivalik and Nanda Devi, two carriers with 92,700 metric tonnes of LPG, transited the Strait of Hormuz early on Saturday and are expected to dock at Mundra and Kandla next week, they said. Since the start of the Iran-US conflict, India has called for de-escalation, emphasised the need to ensure the unimpeded transit of goods and energy, and urged all sides to avoid the targeting of civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure, across the region, said external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.P2...