Pakistan Concerned by U.S. Support to India in SUP

December 7, 2010

Published in NDTV Khabar
(India) on 12 November 2010
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Translated from by Roohi Khan. Edited by Gillian Palmer.

Concern over the support U.S. President Barack Obama expressed for a permanent seat for India in the United Nations Security Council has been expressed in Pakistan's parliament by unanimously passing a proposal. The government also said that a step like this will affect the balance of power in the region.

The proposal was brought forward by the ruling Pakistan People's Party MP Ali Shahnaz Vajir Ali and was unanimously passed by the members of the ruling and opposition party in the lower house of the National Assembly.

Along with expressing concern over Obama's support over India's bid for a seat, the proposal also stated that if India is given this status then it will affect the balance of power in South Asia.

While talking to reporters at Lahore airport, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also expressed a similar concern that India's candidature for permanent membership in the UN Security Council will have a negative impact on the balance of power in the region.

Qureshi said that India cannot become a permanent member of the UN Security Council just with the support of the United States since it requires a two-thirds majority in the world body.

सुप में भारत को अमेरिकी समर्थन से पाक चिंतित
पाकिस्तान की संसद में सर्वसम्मति से एक प्रस्ताव पारित कर, संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद की स्थायी सदस्यता के लिए भारत के दावे को अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति बराक ओबामा के समर्थन पर चिंता जताई गई। सरकार ने यह भी कहा कि इस प्रकार के कदम से क्षेत्र में शक्ति संतुलन प्रभावित होगा।

यह प्रस्ताव सत्तारूढ़ पाकिस्तान पीपुल्स पार्टी के सांसद शहनाज वाजिर अली ने पेश किया जिसे निचले सदन नेशनल असेंबली में सत्ता पक्ष और विपक्ष के सदस्यों ने सर्वसम्मति से पारित कर दिया।

भारत के दावे को ओबामा के समर्थन पर चिंता जताने के साथ ही प्रस्ताव में कहा गया कि अगर भारत को यह दर्जा दिया जाता है तो इससे दक्षिण एशिया में शक्ति संतुलन प्रभावित होगा।

लाहौर हवाई अड्डे पर संवाददाताओं से बातचीत के दौरान विदेश मंत्री शाह महमूद कुरैशी ने ऐसी ही चिंता जताते हुए कहा कि संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद में स्थायी सदस्यता के लिए भारत की दावेदारी से क्षेत्र में शक्ति संतुलन पर नकारात्मक प्रभाव पड़ेगा।

कुरैशी ने कहा कि भारत केवल अमेरिका का समर्थन पाकर संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद का स्थायी सदस्य नहीं बन सकता क्योंकि इसके लिए विश्व निकाय में दो तिहाई बहुमत की जरूरत होगी।

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