New Delhi, April 2 -- Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday lauded the NDA government's efforts to navigate through the crisis in West Asia, terming the diplomatic approach as "mature and skilful".

He further called for "national unity", seeing a mature response prioritising national interest as the "need of the hour".

"Indian diplomatic handling of the crisis has been mature and skillful avoiding potential minefields. India's response must be backed by a national consensus and resolve. Government has held an all-party meeting to apprise the leadership of political Parties of the situation and policy decisions in an unpredictable and volatile situation," Sharma said in a post on X.

"This national dialogue should be sustained....