Colombo, March 9 -- Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka Sajith Premadasa on Monday said that a peace-loving country like India should be made a permanent member in the United Nations.

Premadasa, while talking to ANI, said that Sri Lanka has been a proponent of UN reforms, so that it reflects a pragmatic and realistic reflection of global power realities.

"The United Nations system should also reflect the global power configuration, which is why I have been an open proponent of India being made a permanent member in the United Nations Security Council. As you know very well, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council right now have the major enforcement powers of the UN system. And I certainly think that a peace-loving count...