As the ‘third most-powerful country’ in the world, India should get its ‘rightful place’ as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), according to ex-Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani, a former president of the top UN body.
The United Kingdom, one of the five permanent members, should ‘step aside’ for India, he said.
“There is absolutely no question that India is the third most-powerful country today after the United States and China. The Great Britain (UK) is no longer great,” Mahbubani told NDTV.
On why he thinks that the UK should relinquish its permanent membership, Mahbubani, who headed the UNSC between January 2001 and May 2002, stated that fearing ‘backlash,’ the UK has not used its veto power ‘for decades.’
“So, the logical things is to give up its seat to India,” Singapore's former Permanent Representative to the UN, added.
India, where the British rule ended in August 1947, is the fifth-largest economy in the world, having surpassed the latter in September 2022.
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