India hopes for an early successful conclusion of the stalled Doha round of the global trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization ( WTO), said a senior Indian official.

The Indo-Asian News Service quoted Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma as saying on Tuesday that India has urged the need to "revitalize the Doha WTO negotiations to put in place a rule-based multilateral trade regime in order to revive the global economy".

"India feels that protectionism and not completing the WTO negotiations will cause further damage to the world economy," he said, pointing out that the Doha round "is the longest negotiations in the history of global negotiations".

"It has never happened that any round has ever been aborted... and India has the conviction that this round has to be taken to an early and successful conclusion and we are committed to work with all the stakeholders and negotiating partners," he said.