The Congress on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre must “stop subordinating the national interest to electoral and ideological considerations” and take the opposition into confidence on its strategy with respect to the conflict in West Asia.
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In a resolution adopted at a Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi, the party said it welcomed the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States, describing it as a “vital step towards de-escalation, renewed diplomacy and constructive dialogue”.
The resolution said that the targeted assassinations of heads of state, waging war in violation of international law and attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure “are unconscionable crimes against both humanity and a rules-based world order”.
It said that any meaningful resolution must be based on the principles of the Geneva Conventions, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Charter.
The Congress said that the pause in hostilities provides an opportunity to assess the costs of the conflict for India, and remarked that the country’s “energy security has been undermined” and its ties across its extended strategic neighbourhood have been strained.
The party alleged that the BJP-led government’s “myopic, xenophobic and unprincipled internationalism” has alienated India from its neighbours, and has also undermined efforts by...