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Just days after their troops attacked one another with sticks and bricks at a disputed Himalayan border, China and India emerged far apart on Thursday after two days of discussions on reformed multilateralism and counterterrorism at the United Nations Security Council in New York.
When Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a special meeting on multilateralism on Wednesday called for an “honest conversation” to manifest “the global order that best reflects contemporary realities”, Britain, France and the United Arab Emirates pledged to support New Delhi’s bid for a permanent seat on the council.
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