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Obama says US wants India to be a permanent UN Security Council member | | Visiting US President Barack Obama on Monday backed India for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Addressing a joint session of Parliament this evening, Obama
made this dramatic diplomatic gesture ahead of wrapping up his first visit to
India. In doing so, President Obama fulfilled India's dearest wish from the Obama
visit -- an endorsement from Washington for India's push for permanent Security
Council membership in a change world order. Obama is the second US President to
address the joint session of the Parliament during his three-day India trip. The
first was President Bill Clinton in 2000. Earlier, Vice-President Hamid Ansari
welcomed the US President and reiterated the common ideals that the two
democracies
stand for. Obama was given a rousing welcome by the Members of Parliament.
Obama
began his speech by saying that he was proud and honoured to address the
Parliament
of the world's largest democracy. Obama said India is not emerging, but it has
already emerged as a power in the world order. He also invoked his idols Mahatma
Gandhi and US civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King in his address.
"I might not be standing in front of you as President of the US had it not been
for Mahatma Gandhi and his message that inspired the Americans," Obama said. It
was for the first time that teleprompters were installed in the Parliament to
help the visiting US President deliver his speech.
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