No Govt Should Stand In This Way: Blinken After China Vetoed Blacklisting Pak Terrorists

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) Counter-Terrorism Committee in Mumbai that “all relevant parties should support these resolutions and no government should stand in their way” in an apparent attack on China. 

Blinken said member states should support resolutions to designate terrorists under the UN Security Council's 1267 list.

The committee established under the UN Security Council in 1999 maintains the 1267 list.

The committee empowers UN member states to add the name of any group linked with Al Qaeda or ISIS as a terrorist group to the list.

Bliken's statement was aimed at China, which had vetoed India and the United States' proposal to blacklist Pakistan-based militant and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed's son, Hafiz Talha Saeed.

"Six US nationals were among those killed in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack," Antony Blinken said. 

"We express our solidarity with India and all nations that suffered losses that day, but we must do more than cry. We have a responsibility to bring the perpetrators and masterminds of the Mumbai attacks to justice," Blinken added.

He also said, "This is why the United States has been working with India and other partners for 14 years because by allowing the masterminds of these crimes to walk free, we send a message to terrorists worldwide that their horrible acts will not be forgiven.”