British Prime Minister Calls for UN and World Bank Reform (2/2)

Mr. Brown reiterated Britain's support for India's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. He said it is important to recognize what he called "the biggest shift in the balance of economic power in the world in two centuries" - in other words the rise of Asian economies like India and China.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh echoed Mr. Brown's call for reform of international institutions after talks with his counterpart.

"I think there is today a broad agreement that international institutions, if they have to be credible in terms of their abilities to grapple with contemporary challenges, they cannot ignore countries like India and China."

The British Prime Minister stressed that Britain now shares what he called a "partnership of equals" with India and referred to their common commitment to values such as democracy, human rights, and free markets.

Mr. Brown's visit also focused on drumming up support for closer economic ties with India whose emerging economy is attracting global attention. He hoped that $20 billion worth of commercial deals being negotiated between the two countries will be signed in the coming months.

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布朗重申英国支持印度争取成为联合国安理会常任理事国。他说，承认他所谓的“世界经济力量平衡的巨大转移是非常重要的，”-换句话说就是像印度和中国那样的亚洲国家的经济崛起。

进行会谈后，印度首相辛格赞同布朗对于国际机构的改革要求。

“我认为我们已经达成了广泛的共识，如果他们在处理当代挑战的能力方面需要获得信任，他们就不能忽略像印度和中国这样的国家。”

英国首相强调英国与印度“平等的伙伴关系”，还提到他们共同承诺的价值，如民主，人权和市场自由。

布朗的访问，布朗之行的焦点也集中于加强与印度——这个吸引着全球关注的经济新兴国家之间更紧密的经济关系。他希望正在谈判中的具有200亿美元价值的商业性交易两国将在未来数个月签署。

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