Beijing, June 20 (PTI): China on Tuesday hinted at blocking a UN ban on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar once again, saying that disagreements continue to prevail in the United Nations Committee related to terrorism issues in this particular case. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang's comments came in response to a question on the Azhar issue ahead of its review by the 1267 Committee of the UN next month. Geng was responding to a question whether there can be a forward movement over China's repeated technical holds to block India's move to get a UN ban on Azhar. And China stands ready to remain in coordination and communication with the relevant parties on this issue,” he said. Last year China had put technical holds on India's application to designate Azhar as a terrorist.

Source: The Telegraph June 20, 2017 08:48 UTC