New Delhi, March 23 -- Hours after United States President Donald Trump announced a pause on attack on Iran's energy infrastructure, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday, March 23, said that it was closely monitoring the situation in the West Asia, three weeks into the conflict.

Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing on the recent development in West Asia, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the ministry is focusing on such activities as the situation evolves amid the conflict.

"We are closely following the developments--as we always do. We are keeping a focused watch on all these activities," Randhir Jaiswal said.

The remarks came after Donald Trump announced that the Us Department of War won't be targeting Iran's...