In a blog post, China’s former consul general in Kolkata Mao Siwei also called on his government to rethink its default policy of blocking India’s attempts to include Azhar in the sanctioned list. Already, it is believed that Beijing is changing its stance towards its all-weather friend. Media reports from Pakistan say that Beijing’s prodding played a role in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to launch the Zarb-i-Azb operation against terrorists and also the latest move to put restrictions on the LeT chief Hafiz Sayeed, wanted in the 2008 Mumbai attack.
The US on Tuesday had moved the UN for banning Pathankot terrorist attack mastermind Azhar, barely weeks after India’s failed efforts to get him banned by the UN in December last year. In a statement to the media on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said, “Informed of this development and matter has been taken up with Chinese Government.”
