France backs India’s bid for permanent UNSC seat

New Delhi, July 09: Strongly backing India’s bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, France Thursday said this was absolutely necessary if the global body wanted to remain a “legitimate” place for handling peace and security crisis

Noting that the last reforms to the Security Council were made in the sixties, Ambassador of France to India Jerome Bonnafont said “if we want the Security Council to remain a legitimate place for handling peace and security crisis in the world, it is absolutely necessary to have India as well as couple of others as permanent members.
–PTI