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Emphasising that tensions in any region affected all countries, particularly developing nations, in an interconnected world, Modi also called for respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and for jointly opposing any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo anywhere.
Making a case for UNSC reforms one more time, Modi sought to know why the UN was unable to prevent conflicts and why it hadn’t even been able to arrive at a definition of terrorism till now. “If we do an introspection, we will find that the institutions of the previous century are not suited to the arrangements of the 21st century. They don’t reflect the current realities,” he said.
“This is why it’s important that reforms are carried out in institutions like the UN. They will have to speak for the Global South. Otherwise, we will keep discussing ways to end our struggle for years. The UN and the Security Council will be reduced merely to a talk shop,” he added.
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G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine
Modi reiterated his commitment before Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that India would do whatever it could to end the war and said dialogue and diplomacy were the only way out of the current situation. Modi said India had always maintained that any conflict should be resolved peacefully and through dialogue.
“If there is a way out following the law, we must follow it. That’s how India resolved its own land and maritime boundary disputes with Bangladesh,” Modi said as he quoted Buddha to say that fighting enmity with enmity could not lead to peace.
Watch PM Narendra Modi: ‘Global bodies would be reduced to acting merely like “talk shop” if they didn’t address problems of developing world’
