Germany wants to be permanent member of UN Security Council: Schroeder

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Mar. 25 that Germany wants to have a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

"The nation, which contributes a great deal to the maintenance of world peace and international security, should have a permanent seat in the Security Council," Schroeder told lawmakers in the parliament.

It was the first time that Schroeder expressed his country's wish to become a permanent member of the Security Council in the parliament.

Germany is ready to take the responsibility as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, he stressed.

Source: Xinhua



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