Czech Republic supports India's bid for UNSC permanent seat

Achinta Borah
Prague, June 7 (PTI) The Czech Republic Monday pledged
support to India's bid for a permanent membership in the UN
Security Council as well as a non-permanent seat in the top
world body in 2011-12.
This was conveyed by President Vaclav Klaus to
visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari during their
30-minute bilateral meeting held here.
"The President reiterated the Czech republic's support
for India's candidature for the non-permanent seat in the UNSC
for 2011-12 as well as India's permanent membership in the
UNSC," Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs
Vivek Katju told reporters here.
The Vice-President is here as part of his first leg of
the six-day two-nation tour of Czech Republic and Croatia.
Katju described the meeting of the two leaders as
"warm and cordial".
"Both leaders expressed strong desire to enhance the
relationship, which is already strong, to a much better level,
in every way," he said.
Ansari also emphasised the need for ease on the
mobility of people as more and more people from India was
visiting the European nation with the enhancement of economic
and commercial activities.
During the meeting, Klaus and Ansari discussed matters
related to cooperation in economic and commercial activities,
science and technology and enhancement of cultural ties.
"India-Czech relationship marked, as the two leaders
noted, by political understanding and by the level of economic
and commercial activities.
The two leaders expressed that this interaction of
economic and commercial activities between the two countries
should increase," Katju said.
The two leaders also emphasised that there should be
increase in interaction in science and technology with Ansari
saying that India has a desire to strengthen the ties as Czech
has expertise in this sector. (MORE) PTI