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Denying Double Standards, China Justifies Its Stand On Masood Azhar
Swarajya Staff
Jan 05, 2017, 09:10 PM | Updated 09:10 PM IST
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China has refuted Indian allegations that it was showing double standards on terrorism, claiming that it had a “just” stand on blocking India’s bid to list Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.
Responding to Indian Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar on the Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, accused of masterminding the 2016 Pathankot terror attack on an Indian air base, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang claimed that they had taken a responsible and constructive part in the discussion in a professional and objective manner.
China was the only country in the 15-member Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council that objected to India's application to list Azhar as a global terrorist.
Geng said the committee was yet to come to a conclusion and that China was ready to coordinate with all parties including India.
With inputs from IANS
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