Russia backs the expansion of the UN Security Council if the format is supported by at least two-thirds of the member-nations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Wednesday.
"We are ready to back a variant of expanding the [UN] Security Council if it is approved by an overwhelming number of member states, and best if it is 100 percent [of them in favor], but more than two-thirds of the states," Gatilov told journalists.