Modi calling pakistan ‘mother ship of terror’

China defends ally Pakistan

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Pakistan a “mother ship of terrorism”, China strongly defended its “all-weather ally” yesterday, saying it is against linking any country or religion with terror and asked the world to acknowledge Pakistan’s “great sacrifices”, reports PTI from Beijing. In a sharp reaction to a question about Modi’s characterisation of Pakistan at the BRICS Summit in Goa, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China is opposed to linking any country to terrorism. Answering a question on Modi’s criticism of Islamabad in aiding and abetting terror groups opposed to India, she said “on counter-terrorism, China’s position is consistent”. “It is the same way we oppose linking terrorism with any specific country or religion,” she said.
“We oppose terrorism in all forms and we believe that international concerted efforts are needed to ensure stability and security of all countries,” she said. “We oppose linking terrorism with any specific ethnicity or religion. This is our long-standing position. China and Pakistan are all-weather friends.”
Noting that India and Pakistan are “all victims of terrorism”, she said Islamabad has made “great sacrifice to combat terrorism and this needs to be recognised by the international community”. “As per the problem between India and Pakistan, both the two countries are close neighbours of China. We truly hope that they can resolve these differences in a peaceful way through dialogue and consultation, so that India and Pakistan relations can develop. This serves the interest of the two countries and the region,” she said. Meanwhile, there was no mention of counter-terrorism in the first official statement from China on the closely-followed meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s in Goa on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS Summit, reports The Hindustan Times. It talked about enriching the bilateral partnership and cooperating within multilateral frameworks and how the relationship was important to protecting the “reasonable interests” in the international arena. The statement did talk about expanding consensus and mutual trust. The only specifics in the official statement were that the two countries should expand cooperation on railway projects and industrial parks.
Sunday’s early morning statement from Beijing and the post-meeting signals in Goa probably reveal that India and China are far from resolving differences in views on New Delhi’s assertion that Pakistan – China’s all-weather ally – is the primary source of terrorism. It means terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, Masood Azhar can breathe easy. Beijing has extended a ‘technical hold’ on an UN ban on Azhar that India has been advocating.

Modi calling pakistan mother ship of terror

China defends ally Pakistan

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Pakistan a mother ship of terrorism, China strongly defended its all-weather ally yesterday, saying it is against linking any country or religion with terror and asked the world to acknowledge Pakistans great sacrifices, reports PTI from Beijing. In a sharp reaction to a question about Modis characterisation of Pakistan at the BRICS Summit in Goa, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China is opposed to linking any country to terrorism. Answering a question on Modis criticism of Islamabad in aiding and abetting terror groups opposed to India, she said on counter-terrorism, Chinas position is consistent. It is the same way we oppose linking terrorism with any specific country or religion, she said. We oppose terrorism in all forms and we believe that international concerted efforts are needed to ensure stability and security of all countries, she said. We oppose linking terrorism with any specific ethnicity or religion. This is our long-standing position. China and Pakistan are all-weather friends. Noting that India and Pakistan are all victims of terrorism, she said Islamabad has made great sacrifice to combat terrorism and this needs to be recognised by the international community. As per the problem between India and Pakistan, both the two countries are close neighbours of China. We truly hope that they can resolve these differences in a peaceful way through dialogue and consultation, so that India and Pakistan relations can develop. This serves the interest of the two countries and the region, she said. Meanwhile, there was no mention of counter-terrorism in the first official statement from China on the closely-followed meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modis in Goa on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS Summit, reports The Hindustan Times. It talked about enriching the bilateral partnership and cooperating within multilateral frameworks and how the relationship was important to protecting the reasonable interests in the international arena. The statement did talk about expanding consensus and mutual trust. The only specifics in the official statement were that the two countries should expand cooperation on railway projects and industrial parks. Sundays early morning statement from Beijing and the post-meeting signals in Goa probably reveal that India and China are far from resolving differences in views on New Delhis assertion that Pakistan Chinas all-weather ally is the primary source of terrorism. It means terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, Masood Azhar can breathe easy. Beijing has extended a technical hold on an UN ban on Azhar that India has been advocating.