Pakistan has opposed the bid by India and its G4 allies for permanent seats in the UN Security Council, saying their demand was based on “poor logic” and reflected “self-serving national ambitions” of a few countries.
Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Ambassador Maleeha lodhi, at the informal meeting of the General Assembly on Inter- Governmental Negotiations on Security Council reform, said the objective of the Council’s expansion should be to respond to the concerns and “aspirations of all, not just a few.”
A statement issued by the Pakistan mission here claimed that lodhi last week “exposed” the G-4 position on Security Council expansion.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, speaking on behalf of the G4 nations — Brazil, Germany, India and Japan — had said the problem of “imbalance of influence” in the Council cannot be corrected if only non-permanent members are added to the powerful UN body.