Anurag Srivastava talked about the Indian mission has thanked the Council for blocking the attempt (File)
New Delhi:
India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for its “blatant attempt to politicise” the working of the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee after Islamabad’s switch to get four Indian nationals added to the sanctions itemizing was blocked by the UN Security Council.
Pakistan had submitted the names of Angara Appaji, Gobinda Patnaik, Ajoy Mistry and Venumadhav Dongara for designation beneath the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
Nonetheless, Pakistan’s attempt was thwarted as a result of the US, UK, France, Germany and Belgium blocked the switch inside the Council.
Sources recognized {{that a}} request by Pakistan containing names of Mistry and Dongara had been blocked earlier spherical June/July and one different attempt with the remaining two individuals was blocked on Wednesday.
Requested regarding the drawback at an web briefing, Ministry of Exterior Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava talked about there was a proposal from Pakistan in order so as to add two Indians to this 1267 ISIS and Al Qaeda sanctions itemizing.
“This was objected to by some Council members and thereafter the secretariat blocked this proposal from Pakistan and issued a notification. So what has occurred with that’s that Pakistan’s attempt to itemizing all four Indian nationals on this 1267 sanctions itemizing has failed,” he talked about.
He talked about the Indian mission has thanked the Council for blocking “this blatant attempt by Pakistan to politicise the working of this 1267 course of by giving it a non secular coloration”.
Responding to queries on the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, Mr Srivastava talked about, “We’re involved with Pakistan by the use of diplomatic channels on this matter and the federal authorities of India is taking all potential steps to verify the safety of Shri Kulbhushan Jadhav.”
India has earlier pressed for having an Indian lawyer to suggest Mr Jadhav in a Pakistani courtroom when it takes up his consider petition in the direction of his dying sentence.
Mr Jadhav (55), a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to dying by a Pakistani military courtroom.
