New Delhi, September 28 . French President Emmanuel Macron, while addressing the 79th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, has recommended giving India a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.
In his address, he appealed to make the countries of G-4 (a group of four countries seeking a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council), which includes India, Brazil and Japan, permanent members of the Security Council.
Apart from this, Russia has been in favor of India’s permanent representation in the Security Council since India’s independence. After this, as India’s foreign policy dominance increased in the 21st century, Britain and America also became in favor of India’s permanent representation in the United Nations. Apart from this, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also termed the Security Council ‘outdated’ in a statement after new countries were not allowed entry in the Security Council and the limited role of the UN in many wars.
In such a situation, the question arises that when almost all the countries are in favour of giving permanent membership to India, then where does the problem lie?
Responding to this question, political analyst Arvind Jayathilak believes that the answer to this question of India is China and America. He says, “China may now consider India a threat to its dominance in the South China Sea and the Indo-Pacific region, but America is also largely responsible for this problem of India. Currently, China vetoes in the Security Council to prevent India from getting a veto. Or when it is left with no answer, it starts singing its tune of giving a veto to Pakistan as well. It is important to understand this matter apart from the angle of China.”
He further says that China is a staunch opponent of India, but the situation that America has now agreed to give India a permanent seat in the Security Council was not always the case. Due to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru being a socialist democracy, we were closer to the then Soviet Union. Because of which America was against us. As we have seen in the Indo-Pak war of 1971. This is the reason why America not only opposed India everywhere but also used all its allies against India. This is the reason why the anti-India environment created by America still exists today. In the same sequence, Britain also opposed India’s permanent seat. However, now it has to be seen that when America has come in our favor, then how long will China and its allies like Pakistan be able to stop India’s growing dominance.
