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| Ready for talks with India on JeM chief: China |
| 2019-03-17 |
| [Dawn] BEIJING: China said on Friday it was willing to have more discussions with all parties concerned, including India, on blacklisting the head of Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf bannedthe group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... (JeM), which grabbed credit for the attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy in held Kashmire in February. China prevented a UN Security Council committee on Wednesday from blacklisting JeM founder Masood Azhar. India said it was disappointed at the block, while the United States said it was counter to a goal it shared with China of achieving regional peace and stability. In a statement faxed to Rooters late on Friday, China’s Foreign Ministry reiterated that the "technical hold" on the blacklisting was to give more time for the committee to have further consultations on the issue. China hoped the committee’s actions could "benefit reducing the tense situation and protect regional stability", the ministry said, responding to a question about calls for boycott of Chinese products in India. "China is willing to strengthen communication with all parties, including India, to appropriately handle this issue," it added, without elaborating. The US, Britannia and La Belle France had asked the Security Council’s Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... and Al Qaeda sanctions committee to subject Azhar to an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze. The 15-member committee operates by consensus. China had previously prevented the sanctions committee from sanctioning Azhar in 2016 and 2017. Western powers could also blacklist Azhar by adopting a Security Council resolution, which needs nine votes in favour and no vetoes by Russia, China, the United States, Britannia or La Belle France. Already blacklisted by the UN Security Council in 2001, JeM is a primarily anti-India group. |
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