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India . File photoNEW DELHI, May 3rdIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reaffirmed their willingness to work on reforming the UN, including the UN Security Council, their joint statement following the talks said. to make it more efficient, transparent and accountable. The Danish Prime Minister reaffirmed that Denmark supports India's permanent membership in a reformed UN Security Council,» reads a joint statement released by the Indian Foreign Ministry.Denmark hopes that India will influence Russia on the situation in UkrainePrime Minister Modi, in turn, «confirmed India's support for Denmark's candidacy for non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council for 2025-2026.» The UN Security Council is a permanent structure of the organization, which is entrusted with the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council always sits 15 countries — five permanent members and ten temporary. Permanent members are Russia, USA, Great Britain, China and France. They have the power of veto. The ten remaining members of the Security Council are elected for two years. Last year, India and a number of other countries were elected among the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2021-2022, and India chaired the organization in August last year. Along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, India is in the Group of Four (G4) — a group of countries whose scale of development is comparable to the permanent members of the UN Security Council and requiring permanent membership in the organization. During the G4 summit, the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Germany, India and Japan called for a reform of the UN Security Council and reaffirmed their support for each other in obtaining seats as permanent members of the Security Council. Media: Bulgaria and Czech Republic may ask for exemption from EU oil embargo