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China says stand on Lakhvi based on 'facts, spirit of objectiveness'

Earlier, Modi expressed India’s ‘anger’ over China’s action on Lakhvi during his meeting with the Chinese...

Web Desk July 09, 2015

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In this handout photograph released by The Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) on July 8, 2015, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping ahead of a meeting in Ufa on the sidelines of the BRICS emerging economies summit. PHOTO: AFP

Defending its move to block India's demand in UN to take action against Pakistan for the release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, China on Thursday said its stand was based on ‘facts’ and in the spirit of ‘objectiveness and fairness.’

"As a permanent member of the UN security council China always deals with the 1,267 committee matters based on facts and in the spirit of objectiveness and fairness," foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters, according to Times of India.

The statement comes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping India’s ‘anger’ at China’s blocking of Delhi’s demand at the UN for action over Pakistan’s release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

Terming Modi-Xi talks as "constructive and inclusive", Chunying said China has maintained good communication with India and other parties on the Lakhvi issue.

About India's concerns over terrorism, she said, "I can tell you that both India and China are victims of terrorism. China opposes all forms of terrorism and supports the UN playing the leading role in coordinating international cooperation on anti-terrorism. China has actively taken part in global cooperation."

Great meeting President Xi Jinping again. Our talks were comprehensive & a lot of topics came up for discussion. pic.twitter.com/dTFw9QydNV
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 8, 2015

Earlier, commenting on the meeting between the two premiers, Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, “The issue of Lakhvi did come up and it was discussed in some detail.”

Regarding Xi’s response, Jasihankar said, “The prime minister made our concerns very clear. The Chinese side was impressed with the clarity with which the PM raised our concerns.”

Further, it is reported during Xi and Modi’s 90-minute meeting, Modi also reiterated India’s concern over the $46 billion China, Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Read: India's Modi to make first visit to rival giant China

The two counterparts also spoke about “accelerating the process” to resolve the long-standing boundary dispute and about India getting a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council and in export control regimes like the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Last month, at the UN Sanctions Committee which met at India’s request to seek a clarification from Pakistan on Lakhvi’s release in the Mumbai attacks trial, China blocked the move on grounds that India did not provide sufficient information

Read: Modi protests China's veto on Indian motion for UN action against Pakistan

Modi had voiced concerns over China’s move to veto the UN action against Pakistan for releasing alleged Mumbai terror mastermind Lakhvi.

India approached the UN last month against Lakhvi’s release in April from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Lakhvi was formally released from Adiala Jail after he submitted surety bonds of Rs2 million, following the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict declaring his detention orders illegal.

Read: India seeks UN intervention over Lakhvi’s release

Lakhvi was arrested in 2008 after an FIR was registered against him based on the information provided by Indian authorities. On November 25, 2009, Lakhvi was indicted along with six others for planning and helping to carry out the Mumbai attacks. An anti-terrorism court granted him bail against Rs500,000 surety bonds on December 18, 2014. The same day, a local magistrate issued a detention order for one month. On December 29, 2014, Islamabad High Court set aside the detention order and directed the authorities to release him. The Okara DCO ordered his detention on March 12 under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance.

Earlier, Modi also met Russian President Vladimir Putin who told him India's accession into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has begun.

Read: India to become permanent SCO member, Putin tells Modi

Further, Modi is also expected to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday.

This article originally appeared on Hindustan Times.

COMMENTS (30)

Abhishek | 9 years ago | Reply This incident of china helping pakistan is more based on the fact that pakistan is china ally. china wants to make corridor to have direct access to central asia. this will be helpful for them because via indian ocean route they face the presence of blue water navy of india which is ahead of chinese navy in many(not all) aspects. Pakistan also provides afghanistan platform to china. so right now china has economical as well as political gains because of pakistan. so its obvious it will help pakistan.. its remind me of 1971 war when americans issued a draft against us(INDIA) and russia blocked that move with its veto power...

Amit Lunia | 9 years ago | Reply Good That almost all the pakistanis on this platform showed their patriotism by protesting for or defending Lakhawi who is revered figure with Pakistan and its news media and consider him as The Good one We in India however see him as a terrorist- Good bad or Ugly

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Shahrukh | 9 years ago | Reply Just came to look at the comments, all i saw was a bunch of indians obsessed with Pakistan.

Abrar | 9 years ago | Reply As if the Chinese live on a different planet and have no intelligence of their own on who really carried out Mumbai attacks and whose operating TTP. All proofs Pakistan has are with the Chinese. I bet the Chinese side had a chuckle after the meeting and would have been astounded how desperate bharat is to somehow push a wedge in Pak China relationships.

globalobserver | 9 years ago | Reply China just lost potential $500B future trade deals with India. That too to support an internationally designated terrorist? Not smart.

Raj - USA | 9 years ago | Reply @Professor: You are absolutely correct. More than this, what is unknown is the effect China's dubious real estate market will have on its economy. About 15 years ago, there was lots of report on the valuation of China's real estates. It was feared at that time that it may make China's stock market collapse and fall apart. Another unknown is China's banking sector that has made dubious loans based on fictitious real estate valuations. China's banking sector is also not transparent. There is also too much excess capacity in China's manufacturing. China had a practice of setting up several manufacturing units to manufacture same product if one product becomes a success. This worked well for China for many years and China was able to bring down cost of manufacturing and capture world markets. However, when one product becomes obsolete, several manufacturing units that were manufacturing same products become obsolete also. China's costing, the way they calculate manufacturing costs, is very suspicious. All countries have some or most or all of the same problems/issues. But, how well they can manage these, the quality of its economic and financial managers, makes all the difference. @J.Niaz & @Afzal: Know the difference between Modi / India complaining and Modi / India asserting.

Haider | 9 years ago | Reply @Proffessor China will invest according to plan as PCEC has more benefit to China.....Even if Stock Market crashes more still China will be in position to invest in Pakistan.....GDP of China in 2013 was 9 trillion USD....

Haider | 9 years ago | Reply Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said:"As a permanent member of the UN security council, China always deals with the 1267 Committee matters based on facts and in the spirit of objectiveness and fairness" The decision made by China was based on facts So Mr Modi you cannot hault PCEC

jaz | 9 years ago | Reply Grow up india else you will die of jealousy and hatred

Afzal | 9 years ago | Reply @Ender: yes there is so much he should pay attention to in his own country. The problem is that he does not have any effective strategy to motivate his population to follow his vision. He personally demonstrated, using a broom, how to achieve cleanliness but seems to have given up thinking that centuries old dirt can not be eradicated by such displays. In anticipation of lack of progress on election promises he keeps coming out with different ideas to show his usefulness and is now relying on internationalising Yoga made in ancient India. He is so obsessed with small little things that each time he meets any foreign leader he asks if they have taken on yoga yet.

Ibrar | 9 years ago | Reply @ravi: You are the only Indian who have given an objective and useful analysis on the current state of Chinese economy. Hooray.

Muhammad | 9 years ago | Reply @Vectra: Keep dreaming ....if wishes were cakes beggars would eat. The monster dragon is for now going to keep you in your holes without the provision of cakes.

Afzal | 9 years ago | Reply @Professor: This so called Chinese crash seems merely a catch up on what we know of slowing of economy. However Chinese have such a vast and deep capacity to recover that even cumulative and so called 30% loss is not going to have any major long term overall impact. As far CPEC its cost is not huge enough for Chinese and is among projects to give a long term boost to their economy. It will go ahead.

Afzal | 9 years ago | Reply @Fawad: Yes Modi is trying his but in the style of a village woman complaining about Pakistan. And such complaints may attract some sympathy but that's all. You Indians should have known by now!

Vectra | 9 years ago | Reply With India getting in to SCO whose economy is world's 7th largest in nominal term and 3rd largest in PPP term significantly larger than all SCO members including Russia but excluding china will dilute China's influence in SCO in some way.Now with India being a 2nd big boy in SCO ahead of Russia,China will not have that much say in SCO as it used to have earlier.This is the bitter geopolitical truth which one has to accept.

J.Niaz | 9 years ago | Reply Modi's agenda for his China trip seems to focus largely on Pakistan. This is how leaders lose the plot.

FinanceThis | 9 years ago | Reply @Professor Your analysis (if you thats what you want to call it) is dubious and exaggerates potential impact of Chinese stock market crash. BTW even if there is a spillover effect then India would be worst hit country in Asia as it is China's second biggest trade partner. So basically you would be victim of your own shoddy prediction should it come true.

Liberal | 9 years ago | Reply As expected, India cannot shy away from poking nose in other people's businesses.

Ender | 9 years ago | Reply Modi should express concern at the alarming level of poverty in India. He should express concern at the subjugation of minorities in India and the caste system. He should check the rape culture as well before he decides to poke his nose in someone else's business

Vectra | 9 years ago | Reply @common sense: What are you talking man, what professor said was right as far as economic point of view is concerned without any biasness in it and it is not illusion but a real fact which are happening in China right now.China has made a complete mixture and messed up its own economy.

Vectra | 9 years ago | Reply Well i think the Chinese are more worried and uncomfortable of India's admission in SCO regarding the influence but are comfortable with Russia and pakistan because the Chinese feels Russia and pakistan are in no position to challenge China in high economic growth in near future but may face military competition from Russia which they can neutralize because military competition is not as big as economic competition.So in entire Asia the real economic challenge to China will come from India in near future which has already begun with India overtaking china in growth and will take the 3rd spot by say 2040.In such a instance its clout will only grow in world and SCO in near future and India will be Beijing's real rival in SCO in future.

sameer | 9 years ago | Reply Well ... China blocked India's move over lakhvi issue....but after two days in same platform India successfully proceeded same lakhvi issue with help of US, by showing middle finger to China's veto :)

abhishek | 9 years ago | Reply Indians do want to see a progressive and prosperous Pakistan which can work shoulder to shoulder with india in eradicating poverty from the subcontinent. But it seems pakistan has decided to move on a path of self destruction and is on forever self denial mode. I really feel so surprised that pakistan is unable to see that even if these chinese loans are granted, aren't pakistan lending it's future in china's feet. It seems pakistan have chose to become the colony of china. first of it's kind in 21st century. Where is the sovereignty of pakistan now? probably ET will not post this but save my post and read it after 10-20 years donw the line.

ravi | 9 years ago | Reply @common sense: The chinese stock market bust might be over exagerrated but, its a fact that chinese have excess capacities in every area, which have been built by banks financing without checking feasibility of the project. The bad loans by chinese banks have been notoriuosly suppressed and are trying to give rosy picture, which is dangerous.

common sense | 9 years ago | Reply @Professor That's misleading. The market slump only represents 90 million Chinese people, and the 30% only represents two stock exchanges. The Chinese market will be negatively effected, but it wont be as bad as you claim. The slump was expected, though may be not this much. Regardless, China will do just fine. By the way, CPEC is moving along right on schedule, and is in fact being fast tracked. You false concern is unwarranted.

Hassan Shah | 9 years ago | Reply Same old stories of Indians crying on any development in Pakistan. Modi should do "Something" substantial to show his voters rather playing the old Anti-Pakistan card.

Fawad | 9 years ago | Reply I don't know how seriously China will take India's anger but surely they must be surprised by assertiveness and guts shown by leadership of India. Modi is trying his best, I must admit for Indians, leaders should be like him.

Asad | 9 years ago | Reply As always cry baby.

Kumar | 9 years ago | Reply China will have to answer for supporting entities that foment terrorism.

Professor | 9 years ago | Reply The Economic Corridor project is dead in the water anyway. Given the state of the collapsing stock market and China using tens of billions of dollars to shore it up, the contagion will only spread. China will hardly be in a position to invest such large amounts in Pakistan. The knock-on effect can be seen in the coming days affecting housing repayments because a lot of Chinese retailers had pledged their stocks to buy houses. Now that the market has tanked 30%, margin calls will start rolling in.

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