MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. The top diplomats of BRICS member countries supported reforming the United Nations, including its Security Council, reads a media statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website following a meeting of the grouping’s foreign ministers on the margins of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

"The Ministers supported a comprehensive reform of the UN, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships so that it can adequately respond to prevailing global challenges, and supported the legitimate aspirations of emerging and developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including Brazil, India and South Africa, to play a greater role in international affairs, in particular in the United Nations, including its Security Council," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a media statement.

At the meeting, the BRICS foreign ministers "underscored that the participation of BRICS countries in the work of the UN Security Council, including Brazil as an elected member for the period 2022-2023, is a valuable opportunity to further enhance the weight of BRICS dialogue on issue of international peace and security and for continued cooperation in areas of mutual interest."

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the five top diplomats "underscored the importance of sustained efforts aimed at making the United Nations more effective and efficient in implementing its mandates." "They encouraged further cooperation amongst the BRICS countries on a better resourced UN, on its administration and budget, on preserving the UN’s Member State-driven character and ensuring better oversight of and strengthening the Organization," the ministry emphasized in its statement.