Sarkozy backs India’s Security Council bid
By IANSSaturday, December 4, 2010
BANGALORE - French President Nicolas Sarkozy Saturday backed India’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council and its fight against terrorism.
“India deserves a permanent seat in the Security Council,” Sarkozy said addressing over 500 scientists, captains of industry and students at the Indian Space Research Organisation here soon after landing on a four-day visit to the country.
On the terror threat to India, Sarkozy said: “France stands in total solidarity with India. If India is attacked, democracy is attacked.”
The French president, who is accompanied by his celebrity wife Carla Bruni, wanted greater exchange of students and youth between the two countries.
“If French youth do not come to India how can they understand the world,” he said.
