United Nations: India became a non-permanent member of the Security Council on Friday taking a seat at the UN’s highest decision-making body at a time of changing reality even as it presses ahead with its quest for a permanent seat. There are also confrontations involving permanent members a” Russia with Ukraine, and China with India and several Indo-Pacific countries. At the Council, India will find its emerging foreign policy outlook of assertive independence with primacy to its perceived interests tested as its diplomacy is stretched while balancing its strategic interests amid competing pulls. While India has drifted closer to Western European positions on some issues like Israel, on others like Syria, it is closer to Russia’s. India first served on the Council in 1950 and 16 years elapsed before its next turn in 1967.

Source: Ethiopian News January 01, 2021 07:18 UTC