China blocks sanctions against Masood; India disappointed
NEW DELHI, Apr 03, 2016, DHNS
As China blocked India’s latest bid to get the UN sanctions on Moulana Masood Azhar, a fuming New Delhi has conveyed its disappointment to Beijing.
India pointed out that the move by the communist country hindered the international community’s determination to fight the menace of terrorism.
China, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, this week, once again blocked New Delhi’s move to get international sanctions on the leader of the terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which is based in Pakistan and carried out many attacks in India, including the January 1-4 attack on the IAF base at Pathankot in Punjab. The objection from China made sure that India’s fresh plea for listing the radical cleric as an individual linked to international terror networks was put on a “technical hold”.
Beijing, an “all-weather friend” of Islamabad, earlier blocked several attempts by New Delhi to get international sanctions imposed on terrorist leaders based in Pakistan.
“This (failure of UN to impose sanctions on Azhar) does not reflect well on the determination that the international community needs to display to decisively defeat the menace of terrorism,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement issued in New Delhi.
China’s permanent representatives to the UN Liu Jieyi was quoted by PTI saying that any listing would have to meet the requirements for blacklisting. A few weeks back, India had moved a fresh plea to a UN panel established under the security council’s resolutions 1267, 1989 and 2253.
“We find it incomprehensible that while the Pakistan-based JeM was listed in UN Security Council Committee established under UNSCR 1267/1989/2253 as far back as 2001 for its well-known terror activities and links to the Al Qaeda, the designation of the group’s main leader, financier and motivator has been put on a technical hold,” said official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Vikas Swarup. “Given the global networking of terrorist groups, this has implications on the entire international community.”
All individuals and entities listed by the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee are subjected to international sanctions, including travel restrictions and measures curbing financial transactions.
Islamabad recently made public that the JeM founder had been put under detention in Pakistan since January 14, in the wake of New Delhi’s allegation that he and other members of the organisation had planned and coordinated the attack on Pathankot airbase.
“It needs no emphasis that the UNSCR 1267 regime is an important building block of the UN global counter terrorism strategy that should aim to protect all member states,” said Swarup.
India pointed out that the move by the communist country hindered the international community’s determination to fight the menace of terrorism.
China, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, this week, once again blocked New Delhi’s move to get international sanctions on the leader of the terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which is based in Pakistan and carried out many attacks in India, including the January 1-4 attack on the IAF base at Pathankot in Punjab. The objection from China made sure that India’s fresh plea for listing the radical cleric as an individual linked to international terror networks was put on a “technical hold”.
Beijing, an “all-weather friend” of Islamabad, earlier blocked several attempts by New Delhi to get international sanctions imposed on terrorist leaders based in Pakistan.
“This (failure of UN to impose sanctions on Azhar) does not reflect well on the determination that the international community needs to display to decisively defeat the menace of terrorism,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement issued in New Delhi.
China’s permanent representatives to the UN Liu Jieyi was quoted by PTI saying that any listing would have to meet the requirements for blacklisting. A few weeks back, India had moved a fresh plea to a UN panel established under the security council’s resolutions 1267, 1989 and 2253.
“We find it incomprehensible that while the Pakistan-based JeM was listed in UN Security Council Committee established under UNSCR 1267/1989/2253 as far back as 2001 for its well-known terror activities and links to the Al Qaeda, the designation of the group’s main leader, financier and motivator has been put on a technical hold,” said official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Vikas Swarup. “Given the global networking of terrorist groups, this has implications on the entire international community.”
All individuals and entities listed by the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee are subjected to international sanctions, including travel restrictions and measures curbing financial transactions.
Islamabad recently made public that the JeM founder had been put under detention in Pakistan since January 14, in the wake of New Delhi’s allegation that he and other members of the organisation had planned and coordinated the attack on Pathankot airbase.
“It needs no emphasis that the UNSCR 1267 regime is an important building block of the UN global counter terrorism strategy that should aim to protect all member states,” said Swarup.
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