4th time in 4 months: China blocks India’s effort to sanction Pakistan-based terrorist at UN | India News
NEW DELHI: China has once again blocked a proposal by India at the United Nations to sanction a terrorist operating from Pakistan.
Beijing thwarted efforts to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist.
India and US had jointly moved the proposal to blacklist Mahmood under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee regime.
The US Treasury Department designated Mahmood a global terrorist in December 2016.
This is the fourth time in as many months that Beijing has foiled India’s effort seeking blacklisting of a Pakistan-based terrorist.
In September, it blocked the joint India-US proposal for banning LeT commander Sajid Mir, a most wanted terrorist and handler of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Mir has a bounty of $5m placed on his head by the US for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
In August, China put a hold on a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror organisation.
In June this year, China put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee.
India has accused China of politicising the fight against terrorism saying Beijing’s “double standards” on the issue had undermined the sanctity of the working methods of UNSC sanctions committee.
Beijing thwarted efforts to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist.
India and US had jointly moved the proposal to blacklist Mahmood under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee regime.
The US Treasury Department designated Mahmood a global terrorist in December 2016.
This is the fourth time in as many months that Beijing has foiled India’s effort seeking blacklisting of a Pakistan-based terrorist.
In September, it blocked the joint India-US proposal for banning LeT commander Sajid Mir, a most wanted terrorist and handler of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Mir has a bounty of $5m placed on his head by the US for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
In August, China put a hold on a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror organisation.
In June this year, China put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee.
India has accused China of politicising the fight against terrorism saying Beijing’s “double standards” on the issue had undermined the sanctity of the working methods of UNSC sanctions committee.
