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PM Modi to meet G4 leaders in New York

by IBNS 25 Sep 2015, 07:54 pm

New York, Sept 26 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet G4 leaders in a special summit to wrap up his engagements in New York on Saturday, reports said.

Apart from Modi, the other participants in the summit will be  German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

The three nations, along with India, comprise the  G-4 group with the member countries backing each other for  permanent seats at the UN Security Council. 

India has long been a strong contender for  a permanent seat in an expanded Security Council, which currently has  five members -- China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Mukerji has been quoted as saying that the  main focus of the G4 summit is to "build" on the UNGA's adoption of the negotiating text on UNSC reforms.

"Our effort will be that by the end of the 70th session in September 2016, the final text should be tabled in the Assembly for adoption," he has said.

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, PM Modi made a strong pitch for reforms in the security council.

"We must reform the United Nations including its Security Council so that it carries greater credibility and legitimacy and will be more representative and effective in achieving our goals," he said.