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V4 Countries Support India Permanent UNSC Membership | Key Facts & Significance | UNGA 81 | UPSC 2026 Big Diplomatic Win For India at UNGA 81! V4 Group Backs India for Permanent Seat in United Nations Security Council. Vajirao & Reddy Institute - India's Top Potential Training Institute for IAS explains this crucial International Relations topic for UPSC GS2. 🔴 What Happened? Latest News 22 Sep 2026 India's bid for permanent UNSC seat got major boost from Visegrad Group (V4) - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic. During FIRST-EVER V4 + India Foreign Ministers' Meeting on sidelines of 81st UN General Assembly in New York, chaired by EAM S Jaishankar. Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár said on behalf of V4: "We all agree as V4 countries that India as a part of the Global South, upcoming superpower in the Indo-Pacific region, must be at the table as the permanent member of the UN Security Council." Jaishankar called it "New Historic Occasion" 🔴 What is V4 - Visegrad Group? Formed: 15 Feb 1991 in Visegrad, Hungary Members: 4 Central European Nations - Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia Purpose: Political, Economic, Military, Cultural cooperation post Cold War - emerged from Soviet bloc Population: ~64 million combined, Strong Industrial & Innovation Economies Presidency: Currently Slovakia (2025-26) 🔴 Why V4 Support Matters for India? 1. European Support Base Expands: After G4 (Germany, Japan, Brazil, India), now Central Europe backs India 2. UNSC Reform Push: V4 supports expansion of UNSC to make it more representative of Global South, Asia, Africa, Latin America 3. Defence & Tech Cooperation: India has strong defence history with V4. Now new cooperation in Tech, Innovation, Space, Supply Chains, Connectivity 4. New Mechanisms Announced: Annual V4+India Foreign Ministers Meeting + Annual Business Forum + People-to-People & Education ties (Indian students in V4) 🔴 India's UNSC Permanent Membership - Status: UNSC formed in 1945 - 5 Permanent Members P5 with Veto: USA, Russia, China, France, UK India demanding permanent seat since 1990s along with G4 India is world's most populous country, 5th largest economy, leading voice of Global South More than 120 countries support India’s candidature This is Important for UPSC Prelims 2026 & Mains GS2 International Relations - UNSC Reform, V4 Group, India-EU Relations. Like, Share & Subscribe for Daily IR Current Affairs! #V4SupportIndia #UNSC #PermanentUNSCMembership #VisegradGroup #IndiaAtUN #UNGA81 #Jaishankar #UNSCReform #GlobalSouth #IndoPacific #Poland #Hungary #Slovakia #CzechRepublic #InternationalRelations #UPSC2026 #GS2 #IRCurrentAffairs #VajiraoAndReddy #IndiaForeignPolicy #G4 #V4India