China's Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui is hopeful Masood Azhar's matter will be resolved. (Source: Twitter/@China_Amb_India)Days after placing a technical hold on India's demand to blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), China on Sunday said that it understands India's concerns and are optimistic that the matter will be resolved, news agency ANI reported. “Regarding Masood Azhar we fully understand and we fully believe this matter. We understand India's concerns and are optimistic this matter will be resolved,” China's Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui told ANI.
“After Wuhan summit, last year, the two-way cooperation is on the right track, on a fast track. We are satisfied with this cooperation, optimistic about the future,” Zhaohui added. India aggressively pushed for blacklisting the Jaish chief after the deadly Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
New Delhi had launched a diplomatic outreach with New Delhi dialling top leaders across the world to secure their support in the UNSC. The Indian Express reported that New Delhi, in an effort to build international pressure, is talking to its major partners to ensure Azhar is included in their national lists of terrorists and JeM on their terrorist groups' list.
For the fourth time in 10 years, China last week blocked a proposal in the UNSC, at the behest of Pakistan, to list the Jaish chief as a global…
