India Conveys Concern Over Masood Azhar and NSG Bid to Chinese FM

Vikas Swarup said that Sushma Swaraj met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss “issues of mutual importance.”

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held talks with his counterpart Sushma Swaraj on Saturday, during which India’s bid for membership in the Nuclear Supplies Group is understood to have figured among other regional and bilateral issues.

China’s technical hold on listing of Masood Azhar in UNSC 1267 Committee was discussed during Sushma Swaraj’s meeting with Wang Yi, and according to ANI sources, China was urged to revisit its technical hold in line with its own professed zero tolerance towards terrorism.

Earlier MEA spokesperson, Vikas Swarup had tweeted saying that Swaraj would be discussing matters of “mutual importance” with her Chinese counterpart.

A morning for neighbourly engagement.
Chinese FM Wang Yi calls on PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/2u7ypGmMwX

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) August 13, 2016