India's GDP has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, the former suzerain, and has become the world's fifth-largest economy.
The permanent members of the UN Security Council are the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China, which have the right of veto. There are 10 non-permanent members for a two-year term and five are re-elected annually without the right of veto. In June 2023, India was successfully elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the eighth time for a two-year term.
Many Indian people believe that India is just a little lucky, and it is often only a "kick in the door" to get the "normal" ticketTaking this application for "regularization" as an example, India has already received four-fifths of the support rate.
In September this year, during the G20 New Delhi summit, Biden reiterated his support for Security Council reform, hoped that the number of permanent members could be increased by five to six, and was willing to support Germany, Japan, India and other countries to become new permanent members of the Security Council. That's right, why not have an extra vote in your own camp?But the new permanent members want to sit on an equal footing with me and have a "veto"?That's not realistic.
After seeing the United States' statement, Britain and France quickly followed up, and India sent large arms purchase orders to the two countries from time to time.
The support of the United States, Britain and France makes India feel excited, because in India's view, Russia will naturally support its "normalization", India is the main importer of the Russian system, and there is a lot of economic cooperation between Russia and India, in the first 10 months of 2023, India's imports from Russia reached 51.4 billion US dollars. 40% of Russia's oil is sold to India.
For Russia, which is financially tight, India can increase its income for every additional order, so it will definitely meet a small "normal" demand. No, two days ago, when the foreign ministers of Russia and India met in Moscow, Russia made a clear statement that it supports India becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
In this way, among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, India seems to be on the verge of becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council only for China to nod its head.
Is it really that simple?The captain combed through India's first 6 applications to the United Nations for "permanent membership".
The first application in 2005 was supported by four countries and rejected by Russia
The second application in 2008 was supported by four countries and rejected by France
In 2012, the third application was supported by four countries and rejected by the United Kingdom
In 2017, the fourth application was supported by four countries and vetoed by the United States
In 2019, the fifth application was supported by four countries and rejected by China
In 2021, for the sixth application, the United States suddenly said "I'm sorry, your quota has been used up", and in the same year, the United Nations passed a bill stipulating that any country has only 5 chances to apply for permanent admission in 50 years.
So, this game of "I support you to become normal" is like a slash from Pinduoduo: you are still 001% can be cut successfully, oh no, you can "normalize". India knows that it has been fished like this, but it can't give up.
The permanent membership of the Security Council has never been obtained through trading or gaining the support of others
In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to restore the legitimate seat of the People's Republic of China and change China's exercise of rights in the United Nations from China to the People's Republic of China.
However, it must be made clear that New China was able to regain this seat not by being opportunistic and trying to curry favor with the voting countries. To regain this seat, China relied on its own strength and military victories one after another. China has proven itself to the world again and again and demonstrated its strong military strength in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Vietnam, the War of Self-Defense and Counterattack against India, and the Battle of Zhenbao Island between China and the Soviet Union.
Moreover, in October 1964, China's first atomic bomb was successfully detonated in the depths of the western desert, and in June 1967, China's first hydrogen bomb was successfully detonated over Lop Nur in Xinjiang. In April 1970, before the Security Council vote, China's first artificial earth satellite, Dongfanghong-1, was successfully launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. In the words of the then UN Secretary-General: "This means that China has the ability to drop nuclear warheads to any corner of the world, and the UN cannot turn away such a country".
If India wants to become normal, it has to go to the sea of swords and fires to work hard, and it will never be able to get it in the diplomatic arena.