China urges the US to act cautiously on listing issue, avoid bypassing UNSC committee

BEIJING, March 28 (APP)::A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Thursday urged the United State to act cautiously on listing issue and avoid bypassing the relevant committee of the UN Security Council as it would only complicate the issue.

“The US has bypassed the 1267 Committee and directly filed a draft resolution to the UNSC. This is not in line with the resolution of the issue through dialogue and negotiations,” Geng Shuang said during his regular briefing held here.

He remarked that this action had reduced the authority of the committee as a main anti-terrorism body of the UN Security Council and added, “This is not conducive to the solidarity as it will only complex the issue.”
The spokesperson urged the US to act cautiously and avoid forcefully moving forward this draft resolution.

Explaining China’s position on the issue, he said since the Chinese side needed more time to conduct an in-depth and a comprehensive review, it put forward a technical hold to the relevant listing on March 13.

“This is in line with rules of procedure of this committee and there are some precedents of technical holds on such cases,” he added.

Geng Shuang said the listing of Masood Azhar involved a series of complex factors and China had also been working to seek a proper solution through dialogue and consensus.

“The Security Council should act in a prudential way to play a constructive role and create necessary time and space for the relevant parties to conduct dialogue and negotiations,” he added.

According to a media report, the US has circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to blacklist Masood Azhar bypassing the UNSC Committee 1267.