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India, Germany to give fresh push to UN
reforms
Friday, October 15, 2010 06:49:25 PM,
IANS
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reforms being opposed: India
With New Delhi poised to get a
non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, India Tuesday
raised the bar further by pitching for a permanent seat and
underlined that permanent members were coming in the way of fuller
reforms in the » |
New Delhi:
India and Germany, newly-elected members to the UN Security
Council, will Monday give a fresh push to the G4 initiative for UN
reforms and expand their counter-terror cooperation when External
Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna holds talks with his German
counterpart Guido Westerwelle Monday.
Westerwelle arrives in India Sunday on a three-day visit, his
first to the country since he became Germany's foreign minister
nearly a year ago.
The two foreign ministers will discuss a wide array of issues,
including the expansion of the UN Security Council, enhanced
counter-terror cooperation and the intensification of economic and
defence ties.
Early this week, India and Germany were elected as non-permanent
members of the UN Security Council for 2011-2012 in a vote of the
UN General Assembly. Bolstered by their election, India and
Germany are set to leverage their position as non-permanent
members to push for the process of expanding permanent members the
UN Security Council.
Both India and Germany are part of the G4 grouping, which also
comprises Japan and Brazil, that is pushing for a permanent seat
in the UN Security Council.
Issues relating to the UN reforms and developing of economic and
defence ties will figure in discussions, external affairs ministry
spokesperson Vishnu Prakash told reporters here Friday.
The two sides will seek to boost bilateral business ties when
Westerwelle meets Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Tuesday. The two
countries, which have set a bilateral trade target of 20 billion
euros by 2012, will also seek to scale up their trade and
investment.
The two sides recently agreed to set up a hotline at a high
government level to resolve visa problems faced by business
persons and skilled professionals of the two countries.
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