India slams China blocking proposal to designate Sajid Mir as ‘global terrorist’

Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists, is wanted for his involvement in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Mir served as the chief planner of the attacks, directing preparations and reconnaissance, and was one of the Pakistan-based controllers during the attacks.

In response to China’s move, Prakash Gupta, Joint Secretary, MEA at UN said, “When the proposal to listing him did not go security council sanction regime, we had strong reasons to believe that something is genuinely wrong in the global sanctions regime as manifested in the Security Council’. 

“If we cannot get established terrorists who have been proscribed across global landscapes listed under security council architecture for pure geopolitical interest, then we do not really have the genuine political will needed to sincerely fight this challenge of terrorism,” Gupta said during joint secretary, MEA said at the UN.

Earlier on Tuesday, while responding to China blocking the proposal, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby said that the belief in that designation speaks for itself.

Responding further to ANI’s question on defence cooperation that is expected between India and the US during PM Modi’s visit, Kirby said, “There is a very robust defence cooperation with India. We are working and will continue to work to see if we can improve and deepen the defence cooperation with India”.

“The issue of defence cooperation and deepening that, bolstering it, strengthening it, expanding it in areas like cyber and space and emerging technologies, all of that would be on the state agenda and you would hear more from the leader afterwards,” he added.

Updated: 21 Jun 2023, 01:19 PM IST