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India-Pakistan relations post Balakot
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- With military action against the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) training camp in Balakot “over”, the government is now focussed on a multi-pronged diplomatic drive across world capitals to ensure that the UNSC lists JeM chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist.
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- Diplomatic push: The diplomatic push includes-(1) Actions being taken by diplomats at the UN Security Council in New York.(2) With the Financial Action Task Force in Paris, and(3) By getting friendly countries to directly exert pressure on Pakistan to take “credible” action against Azhar, and other leaders of the JeM as well as the Lashkar-e-Toiba Chief Hafiz Saeed.
- Reaching out to all countries: India had also reached out to all countries at the UN to add pressure on their regional representatives at the UNSC to endorse the listing.
- Ban from travel:(1) India would also planning to maintain the pressure on UN members to ensure that Hafiz Saeed, who is on the 1267 terror list, was not allowed to “go all over the place” and meet with Pakistani ministers of the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan.(2) Under the UNSC sanctions, designated entities are banned from travel outside the country, face an assets freeze and can’t access weapons.
Source
The Hindu