PM Modi Holds Summit With G4 Leaders: Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a special summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The four leaders form what is known as the G-4 group - countries which back each other's bid for permanent seats at the UN Security Council, a powerful world body. India is making a strong bid for a permanent seat in an expanded Security Council.

Here are the highlights of the meeting:

• I am delighted to welcome you all.
• I especially want to thank PM Shinzo Abe who has just arrived in the US.
• We live in a fundamentally different world from the time the UN was born.
• The subject for reforms in the UN Security Council has been the focus of global attention for decades.
• Unfortunately there has been no progress so far.
• The reforms of the UN Security Council within a fixed timeframe has become urgent and important task.
• Our group of four countries, G4 came together in 2004 bound by our shared commitment to global peace in prosperity.
• I am delighted that we are meeting again as Heads of Government after ten years.
• Climate change and terrorism are new concerns.
• Cyber space are new frontiers of our challenges and opportunities.
• However, this is just the first step.
• We should aim to take this process to its logical conclusion during the 70th session.
• I am confident that our meeting today will give a big impetus to our efforts in this direction.