UNSC election 2011: China to back Pakistan for non-permanent seat
China supports Pakistan playing a bigger part in maintaining international peace and security.
NEW YORK:
India’s hopes of getting backing from China for a seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) were dashed on Wednesday when the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it was considering Pakistan instead for the non-permanent seat, The Times of India reported.
China attaches great importance to Pakistan's request for a non-permanent seat on the UNSC, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
This follows after India's attempt in September this year to obtain a permanent seat in the UNSC had finally fizzled out due to lack of support from other member states, after an intensive six-year campaign.
Pakistan voiced its desire to have a seat on the UNSC at the 66th General Assembly session in September.
China supports Pakistan playing a bigger part in maintaining international peace and security, Jiang said at a daily press briefing, noting that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners.
UNSC consists of five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United States and Britain, and 10 other non-permanent members that are elected for two-year terms.
An election scheduled for Friday will determine the new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, a UN official told reporters.
Earlier United Arab Emirates (UAE) too extended its support to Pakistan for its candidacy for a United Nation’s Security Council non-permanent seat.
Meanwhile Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Haroon says he was confident of country's success in the elections on Friday.
Pakistan‚ a six-term candidate for the Asian seat on the Security Council‚ faces a challenge from Kyrgyzstan. Those elected‚ will replace Lebanon‚ Bosnia & Herzegovina‚ Brazil‚ Gabon and Nigeria‚ whose two-year terms end on December 31, 2011.
Earlier in 2010, US President Obama had hinted on supporting India’s demand to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council while Beijing had welcomed India's election as a non-permanent member of UNSC but didn’t disclose its intentions about supporting New Delhi's case for a permanent member. China is the only one of the five permanent members of UNSC that has not announced its decision to support India.
Correction: An earlier version of this article mentioned that India was disturbed by China backing Pakistan for the UNSC seat, this is incorrect. The error is regretted.
India’s hopes of getting backing from China for a seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) were dashed on Wednesday when the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it was considering Pakistan instead for the non-permanent seat, The Times of India reported.
China attaches great importance to Pakistan's request for a non-permanent seat on the UNSC, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
This follows after India's attempt in September this year to obtain a permanent seat in the UNSC had finally fizzled out due to lack of support from other member states, after an intensive six-year campaign.
Pakistan voiced its desire to have a seat on the UNSC at the 66th General Assembly session in September.
China supports Pakistan playing a bigger part in maintaining international peace and security, Jiang said at a daily press briefing, noting that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners.
UNSC consists of five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United States and Britain, and 10 other non-permanent members that are elected for two-year terms.
An election scheduled for Friday will determine the new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, a UN official told reporters.
Earlier United Arab Emirates (UAE) too extended its support to Pakistan for its candidacy for a United Nation’s Security Council non-permanent seat.
Meanwhile Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Haroon says he was confident of country's success in the elections on Friday.
Pakistan‚ a six-term candidate for the Asian seat on the Security Council‚ faces a challenge from Kyrgyzstan. Those elected‚ will replace Lebanon‚ Bosnia & Herzegovina‚ Brazil‚ Gabon and Nigeria‚ whose two-year terms end on December 31, 2011.
Earlier in 2010, US President Obama had hinted on supporting India’s demand to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council while Beijing had welcomed India's election as a non-permanent member of UNSC but didn’t disclose its intentions about supporting New Delhi's case for a permanent member. China is the only one of the five permanent members of UNSC that has not announced its decision to support India.
Correction: An earlier version of this article mentioned that India was disturbed by China backing Pakistan for the UNSC seat, this is incorrect. The error is regretted.