New Delhi, July 11 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is all set to launch India's campaign for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council for the 2028-29 term next week. He will also meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the world body's headquarters during his visit.

Jaishankar, who was on an official visit to Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman from July 5-10, 2026, will "visit New York to launch, on 13 July 2026, India's official campaign for the UN Security Council tenure 2028-29," the Ministry of External Affairs said earlier.

He is expected to arrive in the US on Saturday, and will formally launch India's UNSC campaign for the 2028-29 tenure at a special event at UN headquarters on Monday.

Jaishankar will then tr...