<p>Pakistan wasn't taken aback at Obama's announcement on supporting India for the UN Security Council seat, the News International reported Tuesday.<br /><br />Support for the permanent UNSC seat for New Delhi was the crowning moment of Obama's four-day maiden visit to India. Obama landed in India Saturday and left for Indonesia Tuesday morning.<br /><br />Obama told a joint sitting of Indian parliament Monday: "Indeed, the just and sustainable international order that America seeks includes a United Nations that is efficient, effective, credible and legitimate.<br /><br />"That is why I can say today - in the years ahead, I look forward to a reformed UN Security Council that includes India as a permanent member." <br /><br />Pakistan's Foreign Office said they hope the US will take a moral view and not base itself on any temporary expediency or exigencies of power politics.<br /><br />It was pointed out that while expressing support for a permanent seat for India, the US acknowledged that UN Security Council reforms was a difficult process and would take significant time.<br /><br />A spokesman was quoted as saying that Pakistan believes US endorsement of India’s bid for UNSC permanent seat will add to complexity of the process of reforms of the Security Council.</p>
<p>Pakistan wasn't taken aback at Obama's announcement on supporting India for the UN Security Council seat, the News International reported Tuesday.<br /><br />Support for the permanent UNSC seat for New Delhi was the crowning moment of Obama's four-day maiden visit to India. Obama landed in India Saturday and left for Indonesia Tuesday morning.<br /><br />Obama told a joint sitting of Indian parliament Monday: "Indeed, the just and sustainable international order that America seeks includes a United Nations that is efficient, effective, credible and legitimate.<br /><br />"That is why I can say today - in the years ahead, I look forward to a reformed UN Security Council that includes India as a permanent member." <br /><br />Pakistan's Foreign Office said they hope the US will take a moral view and not base itself on any temporary expediency or exigencies of power politics.<br /><br />It was pointed out that while expressing support for a permanent seat for India, the US acknowledged that UN Security Council reforms was a difficult process and would take significant time.<br /><br />A spokesman was quoted as saying that Pakistan believes US endorsement of India’s bid for UNSC permanent seat will add to complexity of the process of reforms of the Security Council.</p>