Sushma raises Masood issue |
India`s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on April 18 strongly raised with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi the issue of China blocking its bid to have JeM chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist by the UN.Swaraj took up the issue with Wang at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral meeting of their foreign ministers.Earlier this month, China stopped UN sanctions committee from designating Azhar as errorist,maintaining that the case “did not meet the requirements” of the Security Council.This is not the first time China has blocked India’s bid to get Pakistan-based militant groups and leaders proscribed by the UN. The UN had banned the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in 2001 but India’s efforts for slapping sanctions on Azhar after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks also did not fructify as China, that has veto powers, did not allow it apparently at the behest of Pakistan.Last July, China had similarly halted India’s move in the UN to take action against Pakistan for its release of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, saying its stand was “based on facts and in the spirit of objectiveness and fairness” with Beijing again claiming at the time that it was in touch with New Delhi.
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