Washington DC :During the Press Conferrence in United States, India stated terming the move ‘incomprehensible’ that it is disappointed that a "technical hold" has been put on its application to include Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar in the UN sanctions list.
Yesterday, in the press conferrence MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that the move has implications for the entire international community. When UN sanction committee was taking a selective approach in tackling terrorism.
Swarup said, “"This does not reflect well on the determination that the international community needs to display to decisively defeat the menace of terrorism”.
He added "It's working methods, based on the principles of unanimity and anonymity, is leading the Committee to adopt a selective approach to combating terrorism”.
Swarup also focus light on terror attack in Pathankot and said ‘The recent terror attack in Pathankot on January 2 has shown that India continues to bear the dangerous consequences of not listing Masood Azhar. Given the global networking of terrorist groups, this has implications for the entire international community,’.
The spokesperson said the resolutions of the UN Security Council should aim to protect all member states and their citizens from the activities of terror groups such as JeM its leader Mohammad Masood Azhar