New Delhi, April 18 2025 (ANI): Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN), Tareq Albanai, has expressed support for India's membership in the United Nations Security Council. He called India a "main player on the world stage" and stressed that India would be a contender if the expansion of the council takes place.
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00:00India is a main player on the world stage today.
00:04The consideration is representative for everybody
00:08and the whole membership of the United Nations.
00:11Surely India will be a contender in that
00:14and will be subject to the decision of the wider membership.
00:18I had the pleasure last year, as I did this with my distinguished co-chair Axel Marchik,
00:23to actually visit India and have a conversation there at the highest level.
00:27And the goal of this Reformed Council must be representative.
00:35And obviously India is a main player on the world stage today,
00:42but it is a membership of 193 countries, right?
00:47And the consideration is representative for everybody
00:52and the whole membership of the United Nations.
00:56So surely if the decision is made that the expansion of the council
01:01goes to anywhere from 21 to 27 members,
01:07then surely India will be a contender in that
01:10and will be subject to the decision of the wider membership.