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India thanks countries that back New Delhi at UNGA for permanent UNSC seat

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New York/New Delhi: India’s Permanent Mission at the UN on Monday thanked the countries that spoke in favour of giving India permanent membership of the UN Security Council at the 79th UN General Assembly.

These included four of the Permanent Five countries – US, UK, France and Russia, as well as Angola, Chile, Micronesia, Portugal, while Belarus and Bhutan thanked India for helping with development initiatives.

Those who spoke at the 79th UN General Assembly backing India’s permanent membership at the UNSC, along with for one country in Africa, as well as for Germany and Japan, include:

Angola President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço; Chile President Gabriel Boric Font; France President Emmanuel Macron; Micronesia President Wesley Simina; Portugal PM Luis Montenegro; Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken; UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Belarus Minister for Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov praised India for its Global South Initiative, while Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay thanked “closest friend and neighbour India”, saying “they have been with us from the very beginning of our development journey and have remained steadfast in their support and friendship”.

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