Refuting ultimatums naming Masood Azhar as global terrorist see what china says now!

New Delhi, April 18: Dismissing the reports that the US, UK and France have served it an ultimatum until April 23 to lift its technical hold on designating Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, China has smartly claimed that the vexed issue is moving towards settlement.

 

After the Pulwama attack in India, France, the UK and the US had moved a proposal to UN Security Council, blacklisting JeM chief Azhar. China blocked the bid by putting a technical hold on the proposal.

 

Rubbing off the reports that three countries have fixed 23rd of April as deadline for China to lift its technical hold Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said, “I don’t know where you get such information. You need to get clarification from the sources about where you get such information”.

 

“China’s position is very clear. This issue should be resolved through cooperation. We don’t believe that any efforts without the consensus of members will achieve a satisfying result. Both the UNSC and its subsidiary body 1267 Committee have clear rules and procedures”, he added.

 

“On the issue of listing Azhar, China’s position remains unchanged. We also stay in communication with relevant parties. The matter is moving towards the direction of settlement,” he said.

 

“The relevant parties are forcing new resolution through the UN Security Council. We firmly oppose that. In fact, the relevant discussion in UNSC, most member expressed wish that this issue should be discussed within the 1267 committee and they don’t hope to bypass it to handle the issue,” he said.

 

Commenting on the US move in relation, he said, “We hope the relevant country can respect the opinion of most members of the UNSC to act in a cooperative manner and help this issue be properly resolved within the framework of the 1267 Committee.”

 

China which has been consistently blocking India, US, UK and France’s moves to blacklist Azhar had stalled it once again at the 1267 Committee of the UN on March 14 by putting a technical hold.