China indicated May 6 as a revised date. And finally May 1 was settled as the date for China to lift the hold. This formed the basis for India to work on the US and France to submit a fresh bid to designate Azhar a global terrorist. A vote would have forced China to veto designation of Azhar in case it wanted to help Pakistan. However, that would have meant a loss of face given that all other 14 members of the UNSC were in India’s favour.

Source: Economic Times May 02, 2019 02:19 UTC