Regretting air strikes over Libya, India on Monday called upon all parties to abjure use of violence. The external affairs minister S M Krishna said in New Delhi saying the need of the hour was cessation of armed conflict in the North African country. The Minister said India believes that all parties and stakeholders should engage themselves in a peaceful dialogue through United Nations and other regional organisations and come to a settlement.Mr. Krishna said the air strikes will lead to harm to innocent civilians, foreign nationals and diplomatic missions and their personnel, who are still in Libya. On whether India was talking to the countries involved in attacking Libyan military targets, the Minister said, India has taken up the issue at various levels and it will continue to exert whatever influence India has on the international fora to prevent further escalation of violence and conflict in Libya. India yesterday hoped that the air strikes would not harm innocent civilians, foreign nationals and diplomatic missions and their personnel, who are still in Libya.On whether the Government was taking any steps to protect Indians in countries such as Bahrain and Yemen, Krishna said, that the welfare and well being of Indians in these countries is uppermost in the agenda and New Delhi is closely monitoring developments in these countries. He added as and when India feels whenever India feels that its citizens face any danger it will take the necessary follow up action.