Govt says no US support for UNSC permanent seat

Government on Thursday said that the United States has not expressed support for a permanent seat for India in an expanded United Nations Security Council. “While the US has stated in the UN that it supports expansion of the Security Council in both permanent and non-permanent categories,it has not expressed support for a permanent seat for India in the expanded Security Council,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

He said the government has discussed expansion of the UN Security Council and India’s aspiration to be a permanent member of an expanded Security Council with the US administrations,including the current one.