<p>At an interaction with reporters here, France’s military boss Admiral Edouard Guillaud said the two countries shared “the common view for promotion of world governance”.<br /><br />“France supports the reforming of the United Nations to strengthen it. And that is why France supports India for a permanent seat in the UN,” Guillaud said on the penultimate day of his four-day India trip that ends Tuesday.<br /><br />French President Nicolas Sarkozy who is expected to visit India in December has been a vocal supporter of India’s permanent membership in the UN Security Council.<br /><br />India recently won a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after securing the backing of 187 of the 191 member states in the General Assembly.<br /><br />A founding member of the UN, India has been on the Security Council six times earlier, but not since 1992. <br /><br />The position will help the country push more aggressively for Security Council reforms.</p>
<p>At an interaction with reporters here, France’s military boss Admiral Edouard Guillaud said the two countries shared “the common view for promotion of world governance”.<br /><br />“France supports the reforming of the United Nations to strengthen it. And that is why France supports India for a permanent seat in the UN,” Guillaud said on the penultimate day of his four-day India trip that ends Tuesday.<br /><br />French President Nicolas Sarkozy who is expected to visit India in December has been a vocal supporter of India’s permanent membership in the UN Security Council.<br /><br />India recently won a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after securing the backing of 187 of the 191 member states in the General Assembly.<br /><br />A founding member of the UN, India has been on the Security Council six times earlier, but not since 1992. <br /><br />The position will help the country push more aggressively for Security Council reforms.</p>