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India's UNSC Bid Gains European Backing: V4 Nations Support Permanent Seat
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CNBC Awaaz•23-09-2026, 14:35
India's UNSC Bid Gains European Backing: V4 Nations Support Permanent Seat
- •India's long-standing efforts for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have received new diplomatic strength.
- •Four countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) – Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic – have supported India's claim for permanent membership.
- •This support came during the first V4-India meeting held on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York.
- •Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár stated that V4 countries view India as a leading country of the Global South and an emerging power in the Indo-Pacific region, deserving a permanent seat.
- •External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called the meeting historic, with an agreement to further cooperation and plans for annual foreign ministers' meetings and a business forum.
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Four countries of the Visegrad Group (V4)—Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic—expressed their support for India's claim to a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council during a meeting in New York.
The first V4-India foreign ministers meeting was held on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Alongside its long-standing bid for a permanent seat, India has announced its candidacy for non-permanent membership of the UNSC for the 2028-29 term.
