Benaulim (Goa): India and China must not have any differences on the issue of terrorism and must find common ground in the UN Sanctions Committee. This was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a 30-minute meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit on Saturday.
Modi discussed the issue with Xi on Saturday and reiterated the need to impose a travel ban on Azhar and freeze his assets, sources said.
My meeting with President Xi Jinping was fruitful. We discussed various aspects of India-China ties. pic.twitter.com/W9MxEvRbrg— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 15, 2016
"Both sides recognised terrorism as a key issue. President Xi said we should strengthen our security dialogue and partnership. Modi said that both India and China had been victims of terrorism which is a scourge afflicting the entire region," Swarup said.
China has so far maintained that India’s proposal to impose global sanctions on Azhar does not meet the criteria – the only nation to hold this view in the 15-member UN Sanctions Committee. Rest all have backed India.
Beijing’s technical hold on the proposal ends in three months and it will have to decide on the issue one way or the other.
The other contentious issue discussed in the meeting was India’s bid to enter the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group, where China wants the relaxations made for India to be made for Pakistan too.
Swarup said while one round of negotiations have taken place on the issue, “another round of dialogue will be held soon, which will be helpful".
Apart from security and counter-terror cooperation, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – or BRICS – will also focus on boosting trade ties and discuss measures to arrest the alarming rise in global warming.
The five emerging markets represent over 3.6 billion people, or half of the world population, and have a combined GDP of $16.6 trillion.
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