On Tuesday, the United States of America admonished China that the failure of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) move to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, would “run counter” to goal that the two countries share of achieving peace and stability in the region.
On Wednesday, UNSC sanction committee will close the mandatory 10-day period for objections to a proposal which was moved by France, the United States and the United Kingdom to declare Azhar as a global terrorist. Such a move will demand the member countries to not host, arm and fund the Pakistan based terror outfit Jaiesh-e-Mohammed Chief. If none of the 15 members of the committee post an objection, “technical hold” or ‘complete block’ by 12:30 am of 14th March (IST), Azhar would be added to the list. “The United States and China share a mutual interest in achieving regional stability and peace, and that a failure to designate Azhar would run counter to this goal”, the state department deputy spokesperson Robert Palladino, told reporters in response to a question.
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This is the fourth designation proposal. All the previous attempts were blocked by Beijing which is batting for all-weather friend Pakistan. Pakistan has always pretends to clean up its act by staging crackdowns every time it faced global scrutiny. This time also Pakistan did not fail to perform the ritual after the Pulwama Attack.
Beijing put a “technical hold” on all three previous proposals - the first by India, second by the US, the UK and France jointly and the third by the US alone.