BEIJING – China on Wednesday said the festering issue of blacklistingMasood Azhar at the UN was moving towards a “settlement” and asked the USnot to push through its own resolution to list him.
China’s foreign ministry rejected reports that said the US, the UK, andFrance had asked China to lift the “technical hold” against listing Azharat a UN sanctions committee by April 23, failing which the three will movea resolution for discussion, vote and passage at the UN Security Council(UNSC).
“On the issue of the listing of Masood Azhar, China’s position remainsunchanged. We are also having communication with relevant parties and thematter is moving towards the direction of settlement,” foreign ministryspokesperson, Lu Kang said at the regular ministry briefing on Wednesday.
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Responding to a question on the US move, Lu said: “Regarding what you said,relevant parties are forcing a new resolution through the security council.We firmly oppose that.”
