Home Business'US not supporting India's UNSC seat bid'
The government today said that the United States has not expressed support for a permanent seat for India in an expanded United Nations Security Council.
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"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 added 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.