New York, Sept. 23 -- Foreign Ministers of the G4 countries -- India, Brazil, Germany and Japan -- have called for an early reform of the United Nations Security Council, saying the Council is currently unable to effectively discharge its core responsibility of maintaining international peace and security.

The G4 Ministers -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Germany's Federal Foreign Minister Johann David Wadephul and Japan's Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu -- met in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

In a joint ministerial statement, the four countries said the increasingly challenging geopolitical environment had made Securi...