China delayed on Wednesday a proposal by the United States and India to sanction on the UN Security Council a high commander within the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group, diplomats mentioned.
India and the United States wished Abdul Rauf Azhar to be subjected to a worldwide journey ban and asset freeze. Such a transfer must be agreed by all 15 members of a Security Council sanctions committee.
“We positioned a maintain as a result of we’d like extra time to review the case. Placing holds is offered for by the Committee pointers, and there have been fairly a lot of comparable holds by Committee members on itemizing requests,” a spokesperson for China’s mission to the United Nations instructed Reuters,
The US Treasury designated Azhar in 2010, accusing him of urging Pakistanis to interact in militant actions and set up suicide assaults in India.
The United States respects different international locations’ have to confirm {that a} sanctions proposal meets their “domestic evidentiary threshold to justify a listing at the UN,” a spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nations mentioned on Wednesday.
“The United States values ​​cooperation with our Security Council partners to effectively use this tool in an apolitical way to stop terrorists from exploiting the global order to do their misdeeds,” the spokesperson mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
