India gets permanent membership in UNSC; Russia announced strong support from the UNGA platform

India has been continuously presenting its claim for permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. This has been discussed many times even on UN forums. Now India’s old partner Russia has openly advocated this. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has supported India and Brazil’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. In his address to the 79th United Nations General Assembly, he stressed the need to expand representation of the Global South in the UNSC.

“We are not backing down from dialogue with the West,” Lavrov said. There was an open debate in the Security Council on Russia’s proposal in July. We believe that discussions started at the United Nations as well as in other forums It is important to restart. A fair world order undoubtedly requires expanded representation of the Global South in the UN Security Council.” “We support the candidatures of Brazil and India. We cannot even talk about any additional seats for Western countries, which are already over-represented in the Security Council,” he said.

India has long been demanding a permanent seat in the Security Council to better represent developing countries. Many countries have supported it. Earlier on Friday, Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay supported India’s claim for a permanent seat in the UNSC.

In his address, Lavrov accused Western countries of crushing the values ​​of globalization. He said that the Western countries have, in a way, started a war by imposing sanctions against half the countries of the world. These countries are using the dollar as a weapon. Sergei Lavrov said, “Like Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan in the past, the current Secretary-General took the initiative forward. This is a great initiative, who can oppose it.”

Calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace formula disappointing, Lavrov urged Russia’s partners to take into account the facts about the real causes of the situation. He said, “We appreciate the sincere intention of many of our partners to pursue the mediation initiative. We call on our friends to take fully into account the facts about the real causes of the situation in their further efforts. Are.”

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