Taking ahead the excellent plan to finish the Gaza battle is at present a broadly shared precedence: Jaishankar

Ending the violence in the Gaza Strip is a ‘shared precedence’ for the world, mentioned Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday (January 31, 2026), welcoming representatives and Ministers on the second India-Arab International Ministers assembly. Delivering the inaugural deal with on the assembly, which got here forward of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anticipated go to to Israel later this month, Mr. Jaishankar expressed India’s assist for ending the violence in Gaza in addition to in different areas corresponding to Sudan, Libya, and Lebanon.

“Taking ahead the excellent plan to finish the Gaza battle is at present a broadly shared precedence. Numerous international locations have made coverage declarations on peace plan, individually or collectively. That is the bigger context by which we deliberate on the area’s challenges and prospects,” mentioned Mr. Jaishankar. He additionally talked about the makes an attempt at peace constructing in Gaza in the course of the October 2025 Sharm-el-Sheikh Peace Summit, which was adopted by the UN Safety Council Decision 2803 that supported the concept of a ‘transitional administration’ and authorised the establishing of an Worldwide Stabilisation Pressure (ISF) for ending the battle that has killed at the very least than 72,000 Palestinians.

India began 2026 by participating main powers within the Arab world in safety and international coverage dialogue. On January 19, New Delhi hosted UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his high Ministers. It was adopted by a gathering in Riyadh between Indian and Saudi Arabian officers on safety issues.

India’s presence in conflict-hit Yemen has additionally witnessed some appreciable enchancment over the previous few months as India opened a facility in Yemen’s Aden final October, which can work as an extension of the Consular and Liaisoning Workplace of Embassy of India in Saudi Arabia. The battle in Yemen additionally discovered point out in Mr. Jaishankar’s speech, the place the risk posed by the Houthis to worldwide transport was not directly talked about as an “further implication” of the battle in Yemen.

Mr. Jaishankar mentioned a number of conflicts within the Arab world stretching from Libya to Sudan to Gaza “affect us all, and India as a proximate area”. “Then there may be the priority about Lebanon, the place India has troops dedicated to UNIFIL. The place Libya is worried, all of us have an curiosity in advancing the nationwide dialogue course of. The course of occasions in Syria can also be vital for the well-being of the area,” mentioned Mr. Jaishankar, calling for strengthening “forces of stability, peace and prosperity”.

The second India-Arab International Ministers assembly was attended by a number of International Ministers and representatives from the Arab world, together with the International Affairs Minister of the Authorities of Nationwide Unity of Libya, Eltaher S.M. Elbaour, and the International Minister of Oman, Syd. Badr Bin Hamed Al Busaidi, International Minister of the State of Palestine, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, Secretary Common of the League of Arab States, and Ahmed Aly Ahmed Aboulight. Saudi Arabia was represented by Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ali Al Rassi, Deputy Minister of International Affairs for Multilateral Worldwide Affairs, and the United Arab Emirates was represented by Minister of State for International Affairs Sheikh Khalifa Shaheen AL Marar. Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen have been represented by Secretary-level officers.