A day after blocking a move to list JeM chief Masood Azhar as global terrorist for the fourth time, China on Friday said that it was ready to work with India to promote 'constant progress' of bilateral relations
A day after blocking a move to list JeM chief Masood Azhar as global terrorist for the fourth time, China on Friday said that it was ready to work with India to promote 'constant progress' of bilateral relations
A veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, China has repeatedly blocked India's move to put a ban on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the Council.
The JeM, founded by Azhar, has already been in the UN's list of banned terror outfits.
"We are ready to work with India to promote constant progress of bilateral relations guided by this diplomacy with Chinese characteristics for the new era," said China's Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong
"India is an important neighbour of China," Chen said
He further added that China plans to step up ties with neighbours under the "neighbourhood diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era" enunciated by President Xi Jinping.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit India next month to attend the Russia, India, China (RIC) Foreign Ministers meeting.
In the last two years, China has stonewalled efforts by India and then later by the US, the UK and France to declare Azhar as a terrorist, stating that there is no consensus on the issue.
All other 14 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council were supporting the move by the US and France.
This has led to bilateral discord between India and China as Beijing's move has been seen as an attempt to shield Azhar on behalf of Pakistan.
The relations between the two neighbours are also strained by a 73-day standoff at Doklam over Chinese army s plans to build a strategic road in the area also claimed by Bhutan.
China had in August extended by three months its technical hold on the US, France and UK-backed proposal to list Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN after having blocked the move in February this year at the United Nations.
In September, the BRICS expressed 'concern' over the security situation in the region and the violence caused by the Taliban, ISIS, al-Qaeda and its affiliates including Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Hizb ut-Tahrir.
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