New Delhi: Terming as "purely speculative", the reports that India might not get veto power as a permanent member of an expanded UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh today (Dec 2, 2004) made it clear in the Rajya Sabha that any such move will not be acceptable to it.

"I think the reports are purely speculative," he said when members referred to news items that India may get in but without having any veto power.

"Without a veto, I do not think it will be acceptable to the country," Singh said responding to supplementaries during Question Hour.

On New Delhi's claim for a permanent membership in the Security Council, he said the United Nations was aware of India's views. He said India, Japan, Brazil and Germany were working together in this regard.

He said India would make all efforts in this direction and added expansion of the Security Council was an "extremely complicated issue with wide ramifications".

Singh said India would like Africa to be represented in the Council.

The Minister said New Delhi would wait for the report from the Secretary General on UN reforms as the high-level panel set up to go into the issue would submit its report tomorrow (Dec 3, 2004).

"We will study the report. This issue is very much before the Government. We will apply our mind," he said.