New Delhi, March 13 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holding conversations with their Iranian counterparts and called for a "collective push" to end the West Asia conflict.

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Shashi Tharoor lauded India's initiative for peace, noting that several nations have been affected amid the hampering of oil and gas trade routes via the Strait of Hormuz.

He said, "Glad that India is taking the initiative for peace. At the moment, neither side seems willing to settle. Although Trump said that he is running out of targets to hit, this may end soon. The Iranians have said that they expect the retaliation to continue. It is ...