China: Rejected UN sanction on Masood Azhar on case merit- no politics

Beijing, Dec 21: China tried to justify its decision of rejecting UN resolution to protect Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar.

China said that it took the decision on case merits and the decision doesn't have to do anything with politics.

India on Wednesday had sharply criticised China for apparently shielding Azhar at the UN Security Council. India's permanent representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said that "on counter-terrorism, cooperation continues to elude the council, as it falls victim to narrow political and strategic concerns".

China's ministry of foreign affairs dismissed India's argument.

"You have mentioned the narrow political consideration but we think we have acted in a candid way with ease. We have nothing to do with narrow-minded political consideration," foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Thursday.

"We should say that we firmly crackdown on various forms of international terrorism and on this issue we make our own judgements based on the merits of the matter."