Ministers acknowledged the progress in the inter-governamental negotiations on Security Council reform so far and stressed the urgent need to achieve concrete results at the 64th session of the General Assembly.

In this context, they committed to coordinate with each other and the broader UN membership for achieving genuine reform of the UNSC at the earliest.

Meanwhile, Amre Moussa, secretary general of the League of Arab States called on Krishna to discuss the current situation in the Middle East. Other members of the Indian delegation included Hardeep Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and Asith Bhattacharjee, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.