Russia backs India, Brazil and an African Country for Permanent Membership in UN Security Council
Moscow will support the legitimate aspiration of India, Brazil and one of African countries to join the UN Security Council as permanent members, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, in an interview with TASS on the eve of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.
“Developing countries are under-represented in the Security Council, so, as we have always been saying, we support India and Brazil’s interest and legitimate aspiration to be included in the Security Council,” the top Russian diplomat said. “However, it is also necessary to satisfy African hopes. There are shared collective positions in Africa which we respect,” he noted. The UN Security Council does not need to be expanded by providing permanent status to Germany and Japan, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said.
“Our stance is very simple : the Security Council does not need any additional members from the Western group, from among NATO and EU members or their allies, such as Japan,” he noted. “Additional Western players joining the Security Council, in this case, those who are dying to get in, such as Germany and Japan, will simply expand and bolster injustice,” the top Russian diplomat explained.
A number of countries want to artificially speed up the reform of the UN Security Council while Moscow and Beijing will not let this process turn into “dangerous games,” Foreign Minister said.
He noted that some countries want to put the issue of the UNSC reform to a vote at the UN General Assembly as soon as possible. According to Lavrov, Russia and China want to achieve a general consensus instead of splitting the UN apart.
