New Delhi, October 31: Former US President George W Bush today favoured a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat for India, saying it has “arrived” as a strong democratic country in the world.
He also wanted India and the US to work together to win the war on terror in Afghanistan to bring peace and stability in the region.
“We must see the possibility of a seat for India in the United Nations Security Council,” Bush said, speaking at the HT Leadership Summit here.
“India has arrived as a strong democratic country in the world. It is a tolerant, peaceful and multi-religious democracy,” he said.
Bush, who visited India in 2006 when the two sides chartered out the road map for further strengthening Indo-US strategic partnership, said the two countries shared the same values of freedom and democracy.
On Afghanistan, he said, “America and India must work together to win the war in Afghanistan.
–PTI