Obama backs India's quest for permanent UNSC seat
Tuesday, 09 November 2010, 06:41 IST
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Obama backs India's quest for permanent UNSC seat
New Delhi: President Barack Obama today announced support for India's quest for permanent membership of a "reformed" UN Security Council (UNSC) "in the years ahead", as he wrapped up his three-day state visit. His widely-awaited endorsement of India joining the elite club of five permanent members of the UNSC came in the course of 35-minute address to members of both Houses of Parliament and was greeted with thunderous thumping of desks. The announcement is seen as a diplomatic gesture although it was clear that the reform of the Security Council is going to be a long and tedious process. With that in mind, Obama pointedly used the expression "in the years ahead".
Source: PTI
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