India, Brazil & African countries should be part of UNSC: Russian minister Sergey Lavrov

India last sat at the UN high table as a non-permanent member in 2021-22. There has been a growing demand to increase the number of permanent members to reflect the contemporary global reality.

Moscow: Russia’s top diplomat has said that his country believes that India, Brazil, and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council on a permanent basis to ensure the representativeness of the global majority, state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday, October 20.

“Countries such as India, Brazil, as well as representatives of Africa should have been permanently in the Security Council for a long time. This is necessary to ensure representativeness, representation of the global majority,” Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told aif.ru. in an interview, TASS reported.

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India has been at the forefront of years-long efforts calling for reform of the Security Council, including expansion in both its permanent and non-permanent categories, saying the 15-nation Council, founded in 1945, is not fit for purpose in the 21st Century and does not reflect contemporary geo-political realities. Delhi has underscored that it deserves a permanent seat at the horse-shoe table.

Last month, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron in backing India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

India last sat at the UN high table as a non-permanent member in 2021-22. There has been a growing demand to increase the number of permanent members to reflect the contemporary global reality.