Foreign Secretary Meets UN Chief, Discusses Security Council Reforms

India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday afternoon and congratulated him on his reappointment as chief of the world organisation for a second tenure.

India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and the two exchanged views on regional situations, including Afghanistan and Myanmar, climate change, Security Council reforms and the COVID-19 situation around the world. Shringla is on an official visit to New York from July 14-16 to participate in high-level meetings of the Security Council being held under the French Presidency this month. His visit comes as India prepares to assume the Presidency of the powerful 15-nation Security Council for the month of August. He called on the Secretary-General on Thursday afternoon and congratulated him on his reappointment as chief of the world organisation for a second tenure.