New Delhi: Amid tensions between the US and South American nations, Chile’s ambassador to India Juan Angulo said on Friday that his country supports India’s aspiration to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), while noting that New Delhi can be a factor of stabilisation in global affairs.
Angulo, while speaking to ANI, said that the multilateral forum must reflect contemporary global realities and called for reforms in the international system.
India, for quite some time now, has been consistently pushing for a permanent seat in the UNSC, arguing that it has the credentials to be a permanent member of a reformed and expanded Security Council that mirrors present-day global dynamics.
“A multilateral forum is very important for us because we strongly believe in a rules-based world where international norms are respected. But, of course, the multilateral system should also be functional, transparent and more accountable. We have been supporting reforms of the system,” Angulo said.
“We support India’s aspiration of being a permanent member of the Security Council because we believe this body should better reflect the realities of today, and not the realities of 80 years ago at the end of World War II,” he added.
“The presence of countries like India in our world today is very different. India can be a stabilising factor, an established factor, in global affairs,” the envoy said while asserting that today’s world is fundamentally different.
India has been seeking reforms in the UN for long, to bring the body up to date with present day concerns. New Delhi’s bid for a permanent UNSC seat has been backed by major powers including the United States, Russia, France and the United Kingdom, as well as key partners such as Japan, Germany, Brazil and Australia.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov emphasised the need for reform in the UNSC to reflect the current global landscape and reiterated his country’s support for India’s bid for a permanent seat in the UNSC during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in September last year.
