New York, Nov. 6 -- India has stated that enhancing peacekeeping remains a key priority in its bid for election to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), reaffirming its commitment to strengthening peacekeeping operations and ensuring the safety of peacekeepers.

"It is because we regard peacekeeping as irreplaceable to this institution's core purpose that India has identified it as a priority for our candidature for the Security Council for the term 2028-29," Colonel Tarunendra Pratap Singh, the military adviser at India's mission, said on Thursday.

Elections for the Council seat covering that term are scheduled to take place next year.

"We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to UN peacekeeping and to a peacekeeping architecture th...