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 there is often only a "kick in the door" to get the "normal" ticket.
In September this year, during the G20 summit in New Delhi, 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 more votes in our own camp? But if the new permanent members want to sit on an equal footing with me and have "one-vote veto power"? That is unrealistic.
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 excited, because in India's view, Russia will naturally support its "normalization", India is a major importer of Russian-made weapons, and there is a lot of economic cooperation between Russia and India, and in the first 10 months of 2023, India's import trade volume 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 the first six applications submitted by India to the United Nations for "permanent membership":
In 2005, the first application was supported by four countries, and Russia vetoed it with one vote;
In 2008, the second application 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 with one vote;
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 knife in Pinduoduo: you are still 0.01% short of a successful cut, oh no, you can "enter normal". 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 earned 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 the government exercising China's rights in the United Nations from the Government of the Republic of China to the Government of 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 exploded 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.