India, July 8 -- India on Wednesday expressed deep concern over recent attacks and escalating tensions in West Asia after US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire deal with Iran was "over" following Iranian attacks on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and again called for restraint, uninterrupted flow of energy and a return to dialogue and diplomacy.

Trump, who is in Turkiye for the annual NATO Summit, told reporters that he considered the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Iran and the US last month to be over after the two countries exchanged attacks in West Asia early on Wednesday.

India, which was hit hard when the West Asia conflict disrupted oil, gas and fertiliser supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, doubled...