Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her 'excellent' speech at the 70th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday praised External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her 'excellent' speech at the 70th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Addressing the UNGA, Swaraj said that in order to preserve the 'centrality and legitimacy' of the UN as the custodian of global peace, security and development, the reform of the Security Council is its "most urgent and pressing need."
"This is the need of the hour. How can we have a Security Council in 2015 which still reflects the geo-political architecture of 1945? How can we have a Security Council which still does not give place as a permanent member to Africa and Latin America?," she questioned.
Watch: Full speech of Sushma Swaraj at UN General Assembly
Taking to micro-blogging site, PM Modi tweeted, " Just spoke to @SushmaSwaraj ji & congratulated her for the excellent speech at the @UN. A perfect articulation of key global issues."
He further said, "EAM @SushmaSwaraj has wonderfully highlighted India's contribution to @UN & shared India's vision of what UN must be in the 21st century."
Modi also said that Swaraj rightly emphasised on the need to end all forms of terror & make the world a peaceful place to live in, adding, "Fully agree with you @SushmaSwaraj ji, empowering the girl child is vital to bring about a change in society."
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Swaraj also rubbished Pakistan's 4-point formula for peace and asserted that it is ready to discuss all issues if the neighbouring country addresses "just one" point of ending terrorism emanating from there as she proposed NSA-level talks to address the problem.
She made it clear that terrorism emanating from Pakistan is hampering normalisation of bilateral relations as she underlined that "talks and terror cannot go together".
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