In an interview with Argumenty i Fakty, reported by TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov argued in favor of expanding the permanent members of the UN Security Council, which today number five (U.S., U.K., France, China and Russia). “Countries such as India, Brazil, as well as representatives of Africa should have been on a permanent basis in the Security Council for a long time. This is necessary to ensure representativeness, representation of the global majority,” Lavrov said.