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India urged all sides to exercise restraint, protect civilians and avoid any action that could further inflame the conflict.
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India on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the renewed escalation in West Asia, urging the United States and Iran to exercise restraint, return to dialogue and ensure the uninterrupted flow of energy supplies and commerce as fresh hostilities threatened to further destabilise the region.
The statement came hours after fresh military exchanges between the US and Iran heightened fears that the fragile truce between the two countries could give way to a wider regional conflict.
In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the latest attacks and rising tensions, which followed fresh targeting of commercial shipping transiting international waterways in the region, risked undermining regional peace, security and stability.
“India is deeply concerned over the recent attacks and escalation of tensions in West Asia, which have followed fresh targeting of commercial shipping transiting international waterways in the region," the MEA said.
“These developments risk undermining regional peace, security and stability."
Calling for immediate de-escalation, India urged all sides to exercise restraint, protect civilians and avoid any action that could further inflame the conflict.
“India calls upon all parties to exercise restraint, de-escalate tensions, and ensure protection of civilians as well as the uninterrupted flow of energy supplies and commerce," the statement said.
The MEA also stressed that diplomacy remained the only viable path to resolving the crisis.
“We urge the parties to return to dialogue and diplomacy to achieve a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict," it said.
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