New Delhi, Nov 15: India’s “legitimate claim” for a permanent membership in the UN Security Council is now getting a “stronger resonance”, with India enhancing engagements with like minded countries in multilateral organisation, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday.
Mukherjee said that India has intensified engagement with the neighbours and friendly countries across the globe.
India recently conducted the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit successfully and the participation of all 54 African countries in the summit, in foreign policy terms, moved the country into a select group of nations having the capacity and ability to engage all of Africa simultaneously, Mukherjee said while inaugurating the 35th India International Trade Fair here.
He said India is also working with like-minded countries in multilateral organisations, including United Nations, to play an enhanced role in diverse fora, from the Arctic Council and the Pacific Alliance to the UN Security Council, where India has made a legitimate claim for permanent membership.
The potential of India now has a stronger resonance,” he added.
For long, India has been pressing for a UNSC permanent membership but the efforts has not bore fruit.
