The Minister of state for external affairs V K Singh has told the Lok Sabha that India has also told China that there cannot be selective approach when it comes to terrorism and in a blocking India's bid at the United Nations to proscribe Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, has said it is exerting diplomatic pressure to remove the technical hold and get a ban imposed on him.
Meanwhile China had blocked India's bid at the UN to ban Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief and mastermind of the Pathankot terror attack. China is among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and has veto powers and the others are France, Russian Federation, the UK, and the US.
The external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in a written reply has said a large number of countries have supported India's initiatives for reform of the Security Council, as well as endorsed India's candidature for permanent membership.
Sushma Swaraj has stated that a 10 member analytical support and sanctions monitoring team (monitoring team) which comprises of independent experts assist the sanctions committee depending on the vacancies available.
