Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS/NEW YORK, 23rd Sept. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday said that a reform as it does not reflect the realities of the world, asserted that an expanded Council is not only in India’s favor but also in favor of other unrepresented areas.
He was speaking at the roundtable conference convened by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and urged that past prescriptions on climate action must be revisited, adding that energy markets should not be put under further stress.
“Participated at Global Crisis Response Group on food, energy and finance roundtable convened by Mr. Guterres he emphasized that energy markets should not be put under further stress.
He urged that past prescriptions on climate action must be revisited,” Jaishankar tweeted.
Jaishankar interacted with Arvind Panagariya, a Professor at the Columbia University.
EAM said that for almost 50 years, India regarded the US with suspicion and struggled during the 2008 nuclear deal. It has taken a lot of effort to overcome earlier assumptions and forge the mutual relationship as it stands today.
“Despite the US offering a very clear advantage, we struggled during the 2008 nuclear deal as our innate and deep-rooted suspicion towards the US held us back.”
Jaishankar said that there is greater support for India’s case to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council and that there is a broad global consensus over the need to reform the Council.
“I do believe that each passing year, I sense in the world that there is greater and greater support for India to be at the UNSC as a permanent member.”
“Within a few years India will be the third largest economy in the world, it will be the most populous society and not to have such a country in the council- it’s obvious it’s not good for us, but I also think it’s good for the global council,” Jaishankar said.
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