Politics Shouldn't Prevent UN From Sanctioning Terrorists: India To China
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Last month, China put a hold on a proposal by the US and India to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar
India has called for impartiality in sanctioning terrorists at the UN Security Council, days after China blocked a proposal by the US and India to blacklist Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir.
Sajid Mir is one of India's most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. China blocking his listing at the UN Security Council, or UNSC, was the third such move by Beijing within four months.
Last month, China put a hold on a proposal by the US and India to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar. In June, China put another hold on a proposal to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki.
Alluding to these developments, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told the UNSC today, "Politics should never ever provide cover to evade accountability. Nor indeed to facilitate impunity. Regrettably, we have seen this of late in this very chamber (UNSC), when it comes to sanctioning some of the world's most dreaded terrorists."
