US responds after Elon Musk calls India’s exclusion from UNSC ‘absurd’
Reacting to Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s statement regarding India‘s lack of a permanent seat at the UNSC, US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said, “The President has spoken about this before in his remarks to the UN General Assembly, and the Secretary has alluded to this as well. We certainly support reforms to the UN institution, including the Security Council, to make it reflective of the 21st-century world that we live in. I don’t have any specifics to offer on what those steps are, but certainly, we recognize that there is a need for reform, but I will leave it at that for now.”
In January, Elon Musk called India not having a permanent seat in the UNSC as ‘absurd.’ He said that nations with excess power don’t want to relinquish it.
US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said in a press briefing on Wednesday that the US has offered support for reforms to United Nations institutions, including the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Musk said in a post on X, “At some point, there needs to be a revision of the UN bodies. The problem is that those with excess power don’t want to give it up. India not having a permanent seat on the Security Council, despite being the most populous country on Earth, is absurd. Africa collectively should also have a permanent seat imo.”
India has long sought a permanent seat on the Security Council to better represent the interests of the developing world. The nation’s quest has gained momentum with support from the international community.
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