Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverley called for the expansion of the UN Security Council, supporting India's bid for permanent membership of the UN body along with Brazil, Germany and Japan. He stressed that Africa deserves a louder voice on the world stage. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, Cleverly said that the challenges the world is presenting before us are huge. But we have an opportunity to make positive progress. We have the opportunity to get it.
This means working with our traditional friends and allies, but also bringing together emerging powers in the world. For example, the UK has encouraged the expansion of the UN Security Council, we believe that India, Brazil, Germany, Japan should get permanent membership.
Issue raised at global forums
He said that Africa truly deserves to have its voice heard on the world stage. In particular, reform of global systems has been a frequent issue raised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at global forums. During his concluding speech at the G20 leaders' summit in Delhi, PM Modi reiterated his stance of making global systems according to present-day realities and gave the example of the UN Security Council.
Deep differences between the two countries
Apart from this, in his address to the Council on Foreign Relations, the External Affairs Minister also talked about his visit to Beijing. He said that he talked to the Chinese government about areas where there are deep differences between the two countries. He talked about China's treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang, its failure to follow through on its commitment to freely enter Hong Kong and its aggressive stance in the Taiwan Strait.
America praised for helping Ukraine
Britain's Foreign Minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that he can outweigh Ukraine and its friends around the world. However, he was wrong. He praised America for providing military assistance to Ukraine. He said the support of Britain, America and other countries around the world has helped Ukrainians fight stronger.
Major supplier of military aid
The US is a major supplier of military aid to Ukraine and the Ukrainians are taking full advantage of their support. I know sometimes the pace of their counter-attacks can be frustrating. Russia has suffered many times more combat deaths in just 18 months than the Soviet Union did during its 10 years in Afghanistan. He said Britain would continue to call on the international community to support Ukraine.
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