Britain on Thursday extended its support to India in its campaign for becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a move that comes close on the heels of a US backing.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pressed US President Barack Obama at their 30-minute face-to-face meeting here to convince Pakistan to take strong action against terrorists involved in anti-India activities in that country following disclosures made by Lashkar-e-Tayyaba operative David Coleman Headley.

Leaders of the G-20 group of nations on Monday decided against immediate withdrawal of economic stimulus, strongly pushed for by India, to preserve the “fragile” global recovery, while agreeing that countries should themselves decide on the contentious financial levies.