China has on Thursday accused the United States of undermining “the authority” of the United Nations security council anti-terrorism body by “forcefully” moving the UN sanction body to designate Pakistan-based and backed Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”.
According to reports, China said that US’ move “complicates” the issue. Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told a news conference: “This is not in line with the resolution of the issue through dialogue and negotiations. This has reduced the authority of the committee as a main anti-terrorism body of the UNSC and this is not conducive to the solidarity and only complicates the issue. We urge the US to act cautiously and avoid forcefully moving forward this resolution draft.”
The US, United Kingdom and France again step up their efforts to designate Pakistan-baked Azhar as a “global terrorist” on Wednesday, though China has prevented UNSC from listing him in the UN-sanctioned list.
According to ANI news reports, Washington has circulated a drafted resolution with France and British supporters, the 15-member council that would designate Azhar, subjecting him to a travel ban, asset freeze and an arms embargo, diplomats said.
At UNSC sanction committee, 14 members out of 15 have supported to impose a ban on JeM chief.