West Asia conflict: India welcomes ceasefire between Iran and U.S.

India connected Wednesday (April 8, 2026) welcomed a two-week ceasefire betwixt the U.S. and Iran, calling for "de-escalation, dialogue, and diplomacy" to guarantee lasting bid successful West Asia.

"We invited the ceasefire reached and anticipation that it volition pb to lasting bid successful West Asia. As we person continuously advocated earlier, de-escalation, dialog and diplomacy are indispensable to bring an aboriginal extremity to the ongoing conflict," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

"The struggle has already caused immense suffering to radical and disrupted planetary vigor proviso and commercialized networks. We expect that unimpeded state of navigation and planetary travel of commerce would prevail done the Strait of Hormuz," it said.