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PM Modi holds bilateral meetings with leaders of United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and Italy

On the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit, the Prime Minister Modi held bilateral meetings with United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida. The Prime Minister said, during his meeting with Japanese counterpart, they took stock of bilateral ties and the ground covered during India's G20 Presidency and Japan's G7 Presidency. He said, New Delhi is eager to enhance cooperation in connectivity, commerce and other sectors. About his meeting with UK Prime M...

July 4, 2023 9:16 PM

UK calls for expansion of UNSC's permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany & Japan as well as African representation

The UK has called for the expansion of the UN Security Council's permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany and Japan as well as African representation. Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July Ambassador Barbara Woodward's comments came as she briefed UN correspondents on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month. On reform of the UN Security Council, she said UK want...