BEIJING – China gives yet another blow to Indian aspirations against JeMChief Masood Azhar.
China has once against made it clear that there is no change in itsposition on India’s request to list Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azharas a global terrorist by the UN and said it will decide on the issue on the”merits of the matter”.
India on Monday asked China to support the pending application in the UN todesignate Azhar as a global terrorist during the first India-Chinahigh-level meeting on bilateral security cooperation which was co-chairedby Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Zhao Kezhi, State Councilor and Ministerof Public Security, China, in New Delhi, PTI has reported.
A veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, China hasrepeatedly blocked India’s bid at the United Nations to listJaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar as a global terrorist.
When asked to comment on India’s request, Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesperson Hua Chunying said she has to check the specific details of thetalks between the two ministers.
“As per to India’s request for the listing of Masood (Azhar) we alreadystated our position for many times,” she said.