India’s bid for the permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has got strong backing from Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russia, India, and China (RIC) meeting discussed probable reforms of the United Nations and India is a strong nominee to become a permanent member of the UNSC.
“We support India’s candidacy”, Mr. Lavrov added.
Lavrov also backed India’s move on adopting comprehensive convention on combating terrorism. “It is clear that international terrorism is far from elimination. I would like to use this opportunity to reaffirm our support to India’s initiative on adopting a comprehensive convention on combatting terrorism.”
Foreign Ministers of the RIC have discussed reforms of the United Nations during the trilateral meet held through video conferencing. UNSC has five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members. India has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term recently. The two-year term will begin on January 1, 2021. This is the eighth time India has been voted as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
The voting concluded at the UN Headquarters in New York on June 17. India was the only country from the Asia-Pacific group and won the election by polling 184out of 192 valid votes.