Defence expert Qamar Agha said that that any move that hurts India is backed by China, after the country again blocked move to get the United Nations to sanction Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
“China’s stand on Masood Azhar is concerned and consistent. Any move that hurts India is backed by China. One side they are supporting Masood Azhar backing Pakistan anti-India activities and on other hand they are trying to encircle India by building deep sea ports that would be used by the Chinese Army,” he said.
China has been exposed in front of the global community specially US, UK, France and others in United Nation Security Council, Qamar added.
“Investing money in Nepal or Sri Lanka with intention to incite these countries against India and these are the policies they have been following for a very long time,” he said.
Qamar also expressed that Pakistan cannot hide Azhar for very long period of time. It also cannot prevent him from being dubbed as an international terrorist.
The US, backed by the UK and France, moved a proposal to label Azhar as a international terrorist at the Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council. However, it has once again been opposed by China. Reportedly, the proposal, which was concluded after talks between Washington and New Delhi, said JeM is a designated terror outfit and so its leaders cannot go unpunished.
Following the attack on the IAF base at Pathankot in January 2016, India urged the UN requesting to list Azhar under the al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. The efforts faced firm opposition by China, which put a technical hold twice before finally blocking the Indian proposal in December.
