ISTANBUL, Sept 13 — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for expansion of the United Nations (UN) Security Council to increase representation for countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Addressing the 18th BRICS summit in the Indian capital New Delhi, Putin said Russia attaches great importance to preserving and strengthening the UN’s central role in global affairs and believes BRICS members should continue working together to improve the organisation’s effectiveness.
“Naturally, expanding the UN Security Council — specifically by increasing representation for countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America — would contribute to this goal,” Putin said, according to a Kremlin transcript.
Putin also said there was a “long-standing need” to improve global economic institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organisation (WTO), which he said were struggling to adapt to current “political and economic realities.”
He said the IMF, WTO and World Bank remained important channels for dialogue among the world’s leading economies and called for stronger coordination among BRICS countries within the institutions.
Turning to BRICS, Putin said its members possess significant intellectual and technological capabilities, describing them as a major advantage for the grouping.
He said BRICS had “rightfully established itself among the key centres of global governance,” arguing that developments in international politics, security, economic cooperation and humanitarian affairs increasingly depend on the collective decisions of its members.
Putin said that amid an emerging multipolar world order, BRICS countries should work together to strengthen multilateralism, involve more countries in global governance and increase their participation in key international institutions.
