IPU chief Duarte Pacheco assures Portugal's support to India’s bid for permanent UNSC membership

Inter-Parliamentary Union chief Duarte Pacheco on Tuesday addressed MPs and went on to say that India and Portugal are more than just friends. Duarte Pacheco also assured India of Portugal's support towards its bid for permanent membership at UN Security Council.

Duarto Pacheco, chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), has assured India of Portugal’s support to the nation's bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council. In UN, Portugal supports the reform process and the inclusion of India as a permanent member of the Security Council: President of Inter-Parliamentary Union, Duarte Pacheco addresses MPs https://t.co/DSeIE8eSnf You've (IPU president) assumed leadership of IPU in challenging times, particularly in context of #COVID19 pandemic. After Spanish Flu, it has posed globally unprecedented challenges of a health emergency. It has severe impact on economies & societies across world: RS Dy Chairman pic.twitter.com/C8YY13pyv2 As he arrived at the Central Hall of Parliament to address the MPs in the Central Hall on Tuesday, the chief of the international body of legislatures said, “In UN, Portugal supports the reform process and the inclusion of India as a permanent member of the Security Council.” “We have special relationship between our countries. Portugal and India have over 500-year-old relations, so we know each other so better that I may say that we aren't just friends, we're brothers,” Duarte Pacheco said as he addressed MPs at Central Hall.