UNSC listing: India silence on China’s BRI helped seal Azhar deal | India News, The Indian Express

UNSC listing: India silence on China’s BRI helped seal Azhar deal | India News, The Indian Express

Written by Shubhajit Roy |New Delhi |Updated: May 3, 2019 3:02:23 pm

UNSC listing: India silence on China’s BRI helped seal Azhar deal

New Delhi had circulated its dossier on Azhar with all UN members, in Delhi and foreign capitals, to make its case — that he was accused in multiple terror crimes in India, from the Parliament attack in 2001 to the Pulwama terror strike in 2019.

With Masood Azhar’s listing at stake, Delhi, which has always resisted unilateral sanctions in the past, decided to play along.

The UN Security Council decision to list Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist was sealed about 10 days ago, just before the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, after weeks of hectic and keenly fought closed-door negotiations, The Indian Express has learnt.