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Indian press lashes Putin for ruling out UN veto NEW DELHI, Saturday (AFP) President Vladimir Putin earned a thumbs-down from India's media on Saturday after failing to back veto rights for any new permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. "Putin vetoes UN veto for India" said the Times of India in a headline. "Putin in one pithy paragraph, poured cold water on India's hopes of making it as a card-carrying member of a reformed UN Security Council," said the leading daily. "UN seat yes, veto no" the Hindustan Times splashed. "The Russian president made it clear that Moscow was not in favour of having more members of the exclusive veto club." The broadsheet noted that "Putin's remarks came after Singh had thanked him for Russia's support to India's UNSC (UN Security Council) membership." Clearly wounded, the southern regional newspaper Deccan Herald headlined: "Putin vetoes Indias ambition". The Russian strongman, on a three-day trip to India, did describe the world's biggest democracy as a top candidate for a permanent seat in an enlarged security council. "Speaking about the enlargement from the point of view of geographical representation, India is number one on the list," Putin said. But he attached a major rider. "It would be unacceptable to erode the most effective tools of the UN Security Council," he said, warning extending the veto could see the body "lose its role and turn into a self-interest club - a new League of Nations." |
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