Russia backs India's permanent UNSC bid at UNGA, says 'no more seats for West' - India TV News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov backed India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, while strongly opposing any expansion of permanent membership for Western countries.
51% : Any structural modification mandates a two-thirds majority vote in the General Assembly, ratification by two-thirds of the wider UN membership, and the explicit concurrence of all five permanent members.
49% : Addressing world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday (local time), Lavrov said reforms to the UN Security Council should not dilute the prerogatives of the Council or its existing permanent members.
48% : Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov backed India's candidacy for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, while strongly cautioning against expanding Western representation.
47% : We support India's candidature for a permanent seat: Lavrov "UN Security Council reform cannot involve any additional seats being allocated to Western countries, especially to Germany and Japan, who are now on the path to militarism and revanchism," Lavrov stated.

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