The not too long ago signed Gaza Peace Agreement is a “landmark” step in direction of stability within the Middle East, India has stated, reiterating {that a} two-state answer stays “the one pragmatic path” to attaining sturdy peace between Israel and Palestine.

Speaking on the United Nations Security Council’s quarterly open debate on the state of affairs within the Middle East on Thursday (October 24, 2025), India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, stated, “It is India’s earnest want to grasp the imaginative and prescient of a secure and peaceable Middle East… deprivation and indignity can’t be a part of every day life; civilians should not die on account of battle.”

India stands totally able to contribute to this endeavour, he stated.

Mr. Harish stated New Delhi hoped the “constructive diplomatic momentum” generated by the peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh earlier this month would result in “lasting peace within the area”.

Welcoming the signing of the “landmark” peace deal, the envoy lauded the U.S., “particularly” President Donald Trump, for enjoying an instrumental position in forging the deal, and in addition recommended Egypt and Qatar for his or her contributions.

After the Israeli Knesset handed a preliminary invoice to annex the West Bank, Mr. Harish stated, “India stays agency in its view that dialogue and diplomacy and the two-state answer are the means to attain peace. The landmark initiative of the United States has generated diplomatic momentum in direction of peace, and all events should adhere to their obligations on this regard.”

“We additionally stay firmly against any unilateral strikes by events involved. Now is the time for all events to help ongoing peace efforts, somewhat than to derail them,” he added.

India has persistently advocated a sovereign, unbiased, viable State of Palestine, dwelling aspect by aspect in peace and safety with Israel, inside safe and recognised borders.

“Dialogue and diplomacy, and the two-state answer, are the means to attain peace. The landmark initiative of the United States has generated diplomatic momentum in direction of peace, and all events should adhere to their obligations on this regard,” Mr. Harish stated, including that India is firmly against any unilateral strikes by events involved.

The Ambassador recalled that for the reason that October 7, 2023 battle, India had persistently condemned terrorism, referred to as for an finish to civilian struggling, demanded the discharge of hostages, and harassed the necessity for unimpeded humanitarian support to Gaza.

He stated India considered the brand new peace settlement as “an enabler and a catalyst” for these goals.

“The short-term features of the current diplomatic outcomes should pave the best way for medium- to long-term political commitments and sensible motion on the bottom in direction of the realisation of a two-state answer,” he stated.

Underscoring India’s help for the Palestinian individuals’s proper to self-determination, the envoy referred to final month’s UN high-level convention on implementing the two-state answer, saying it had “underlined the best way ahead”.

On the humanitarian entrance, Mr. Harish famous that India had prolonged over $170 million in complete help to Palestine, together with $40 million price of ongoing initiatives and 135 metric tons of medicines and aid provides prior to now two years.

“Palestinian individuals can’t rebuild their lives with out the help of the worldwide group,” he stated, calling for the creation of financial frameworks conducive to funding and employment.

“Peace and calm on the Palestinian entrance have implications for the broader area… Talks should proceed and there should be abiding religion within the efficacy of dialogue and diplomacy,” Mr. Harish stated.

Mr. Harish additionally touched upon broader regional points, together with Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, underlining India’s persevering with humanitarian and peacekeeping contributions.

On Syria, he reaffirmed India’s backing for a “Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political course of” and paid tribute to Brigadier General Amitabh Jha, who was killed whereas serving as Acting Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in December 2024.

India is the third-largest troop contributor to UNDOF.

He additionally harassed the security of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, the place India is the second-largest contributor to UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), and expressed hope that the Lebanese Armed Forces would quickly take full management as soon as the mission’s sundown clause takes impact in 2026.

Mr. Harish additionally referred to as for an “instant cessation of hostilities” in Yemen to permit humanitarian support to achieve civilians, saying such help “should be above politics”.

(With PTI inputs)

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