- Sunday, March 09, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres, who is currently on a tour of India, on Thursday (20) remarked that China’s move to bar the listing of Pakistan-based terrorist Shahid Mahmood a political one.
At the inauguration of India’s Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) along with prime minister Narendra Modi at Kevadiya in Narmanda district of the western state of Gujarat, he said, “Geopolitical divides make it difficult for us to work together effectively against terrorism.”
Glad to welcome UN Secretary General @antonioguterres in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia.
Exchanged views on pressing global concerns and challenges in multilateralism. pic.twitter.com/BwW4TeYEuY
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) October 19, 2022
Following its decision to block the proposal to designate Lasjkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) Mahmood as a global terrorist, Beijing put a technical hold on a proposal by India and the US at the UN to blacklist Hafiz Talah Saeed, the son of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 100 people, including foreign nationals.
It is the second time in less than two days that China placed a hold on the bid submitted by India and the US to designate Pakistan-based terrorists as global ones.
During the day, Modi met Guterres over bilateral talks. India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also met the international diplomat and the duo discussed several issues.
