NEW DELHI: India will not be deterred by the UN's failure to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, the government said on Friday as it sought to put up a brave front in the face of China's decision to block and kill a US proposal for listing of the Pathankot attack accused by the UNSC sanctions committee.
Responding to queries on China's position, the MEA said India's resolve to fight terrorism was not going to be weakened by this development.
"I think the decision by a country to block a consensus should not be seen as an end to our counter-terrorism efforts. What is important is that it does not, in any way, take away our resolve to fight terrorism," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Addressing the media, he said India would continue to work with like-minded countries to fight terrorism. "It will not impact our resolve to fight terror," he said, referring to China's decision. The official said India's position on Azhar had been conveyed repeatedly to China in the past "including at the highest level".
China on Thursday blocked the bid to list Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN, after it put it on technical hold earlier this year, saying there was "no consensus" within the members of the sanctions committee.
In reply to a query on the possibility of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed's release, Kumar said it was clear that Pakistan had not made any serious effort to check terrorist activities on its soil against India.
In a reaction to China's block on the proposed ban, the government had said on Thursday that India strongly believed that double standards and selective approaches would only undermine the international community's resolve to combat terrorism.
It expressed hope that there would be a realisation that accommodating terrorism for narrow objectives was both shortsighted and counterproductive.
Responding to queries on China's position, the MEA said India's resolve to fight terrorism was not going to be weakened by this development.
"I think the decision by a country to block a consensus should not be seen as an end to our counter-terrorism efforts. What is important is that it does not, in any way, take away our resolve to fight terrorism," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Addressing the media, he said India would continue to work with like-minded countries to fight terrorism. "It will not impact our resolve to fight terror," he said, referring to China's decision. The official said India's position on Azhar had been conveyed repeatedly to China in the past "including at the highest level".
China on Thursday blocked the bid to list Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN, after it put it on technical hold earlier this year, saying there was "no consensus" within the members of the sanctions committee.
In reply to a query on the possibility of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed's release, Kumar said it was clear that Pakistan had not made any serious effort to check terrorist activities on its soil against India.
In a reaction to China's block on the proposed ban, the government had said on Thursday that India strongly believed that double standards and selective approaches would only undermine the international community's resolve to combat terrorism.
It expressed hope that there would be a realisation that accommodating terrorism for narrow objectives was both shortsighted and counterproductive.
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