Biden Administration Doesn't Favour Granting Veto Power to India in Expanded UN Security Council

While backing the inclusion of India in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a permanent member, the United States on Thursday expressed reservations about granting the veto power to any other nation except the existing five permanent members. “We support building a consensus for modest enlargement of the Security Council for both permanent and non-permanent members, provided it does not diminish its effectiveness or its efficacy and does not alter or expand the veto”, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at a briefing on Thursday. The State Department official was responding to a question about whether the Joe…