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The US said on Wednesday the designation of Jaish-e-Mohammad leader Masood Azhar by the United Nations was a demonstration of the “international commitment to rooting out terrorism in Pakistan”, quashing relief in Islamabad that it had scored a victory by dodging mention as an accomplice.
The United States, the chief sponsor and driver of the designation, also sought to tie the implementation of the listing — imposing a travel ban, assets freeze and arms sales embargo on Azhar — to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s stated commitment to eradicating terrorism, seemingly holding him personally accountable for it.
“Designating Azhar demonstrates the international commitment to rooting out terrorism in Pakistan and bringing security and stability to South Asia,” Garrett Marquis, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council said in a statement Wednesday, in the first and only on-record official comment on the listing.
Marquis also directly linked Azhar to the February 14 killing of 40 CRPF personnel, pointedly perhaps to counter those making too much of the non-mention of Pulwama, Kashmir or Pakistan in the UNSC statement on the designation and the “narrative summary” released by the 1267 sanction committee for listing.
“The United States commends the United Nations Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee for the designation of Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e Mohammed, a UN-designated terrorist group that was responsible for the February 14 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed over 40 Indian paramilitary forces,” he said.
Mentions of Pulwama, Kashmir or Pakistan were dropped from the language finally adopted and cleared by the 1267 sanctions committee to blacklist Azhar as a concession — it is widely held though not confirmed by any party because deliberations of the 1267 sanctions committee are confidential — to China to buy its acquiescence to the designation, which it had blocked for years to appease Pakistan, a strategic ally turned client state.
In a conference call with reporters, a senior US administration official also had remarkably sharp observations about China for its defence of Azhar that had seemed so completely at odds with rising extremism and terrorism at home.
“After 10 years, China has done the right thing by lifting its hold on the designation,” the official said. “I think China has seemed to have understood that it was increasingly important that its actions on the international stage on terrorism matched its rhetoric.”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...r-s-listing/story-9hAEZdFPoNrcl2sNw4P56N.html
The United States, the chief sponsor and driver of the designation, also sought to tie the implementation of the listing — imposing a travel ban, assets freeze and arms sales embargo on Azhar — to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s stated commitment to eradicating terrorism, seemingly holding him personally accountable for it.
“Designating Azhar demonstrates the international commitment to rooting out terrorism in Pakistan and bringing security and stability to South Asia,” Garrett Marquis, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council said in a statement Wednesday, in the first and only on-record official comment on the listing.
Marquis also directly linked Azhar to the February 14 killing of 40 CRPF personnel, pointedly perhaps to counter those making too much of the non-mention of Pulwama, Kashmir or Pakistan in the UNSC statement on the designation and the “narrative summary” released by the 1267 sanction committee for listing.
“The United States commends the United Nations Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee for the designation of Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e Mohammed, a UN-designated terrorist group that was responsible for the February 14 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed over 40 Indian paramilitary forces,” he said.
Mentions of Pulwama, Kashmir or Pakistan were dropped from the language finally adopted and cleared by the 1267 sanctions committee to blacklist Azhar as a concession — it is widely held though not confirmed by any party because deliberations of the 1267 sanctions committee are confidential — to China to buy its acquiescence to the designation, which it had blocked for years to appease Pakistan, a strategic ally turned client state.
In a conference call with reporters, a senior US administration official also had remarkably sharp observations about China for its defence of Azhar that had seemed so completely at odds with rising extremism and terrorism at home.
“After 10 years, China has done the right thing by lifting its hold on the designation,” the official said. “I think China has seemed to have understood that it was increasingly important that its actions on the international stage on terrorism matched its rhetoric.”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...r-s-listing/story-9hAEZdFPoNrcl2sNw4P56N.html
