Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Lok Sabha that India is engaging with all parties in the West Asia conflict through direct diplomatic channels and will not take sides amid intensifying regional fighting.
Modi’s address to Parliament came as regional fighting drew global concern over energy supplies, shipping routes, and civilian casualties. He emphasized bilateral diplomacy as India’s preferred tool for managing fallout that reaches Indian markets and diaspora communities abroad.
The prime minister said conversations with multiple governments are ongoing, though he did not detail specific initiatives in the speech summarized by reporters covering the session. Opposition members questioned whether neutrality adequately protects Indian interests abroad.
Modi’s stance aligns with prior doctrine of strategic autonomy, avoiding formal alliances that could drag India into great-power confrontations. Officials have simultaneously evacuated citizens and secured energy agreements where possible without endorsing any belligerent.
Analysts read the remarks as reassurance to trading partners on both sides of the conflict that India intends to maintain economic ties without endorsing military action by any single actor in the widening confrontation.
Modi reaffirmed in the Lok Sabha that India will continue engaging all parties in the West Asia conflict without aligning exclusively with any one side, presenting bilateral diplomacy as the consistent foundation of New Delhi’s approach.
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