China says it stands for strengthening counterterrorism cooperation amongst all nations

BEIJING, Dec 27: China on Wednesday stated terrorism is the frequent enemy of humanity and it stands for strengthening counterterrorism cooperation amongst all nations to collectively battle all types of the menace.

“China firmly opposes double requirements on counterterrorism. To help and use terrorist teams and allow them to thrive out of 1’s egocentric pursuits on the expense of worldwide and regional safety advantages nobody and can solely backfire,” Chinese language Overseas Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning advised a media briefing right here.

She was reacting to a query on the stories of the give up of a Baloch Liberation Military (BLA) commander to Pakistan’s intelligence company ISI final week.

“Terrorism is humanity’s frequent enemy…China stands for strengthening counterterrorism cooperation amongst all nations to collectively battle all types of terrorism,” Mao stated.

In addition to alleging India’s backing to the organisation, the surrendered BLA commander, Sarfraz Bungulzai, has additionally accused the Taliban’s interim authorities in Afghanistan of supporting separatist outfits and offering them hideouts and increasing different assist, in keeping with a report in Pakistan’s Daybreak newspaper.

Quoting Bungulzai, the Daybreak report stated that BLA chief Bashir Zeb is presently in Afghanistan.

BLA is against Chinese language investments in Balochistan and has been accusing Beijing and Islamabad of exploiting the resource-rich province. The outfit has carried out quite a few assaults in Pakistan, together with suicide bomb blasts concentrating on Chinese language staff employed in a bunch of initiatives within the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Financial Hall (CPEC) connecting Gwadar port in Balochistan with China’s Xinjiang province.

Chinese language President Xi Jinping has flagged considerations over the assaults on Chinese language nationals in his conferences with Pakistan leaders in recent times.

With recurring assaults, Beijing had reportedly requested Islamabad to allow China’s safety companies to guard Chinese language staff in Pakistan. The assaults continued regardless of Pakistan forming a particular brigade of the military to supply safety for the Chinese language staff.

Pakistan can be going through recurring assaults from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which Islamabad alleges is backed by the Afghanistan Taliban, satirically the very militant group it has nurtured for many years and put in in Kabul.

Considerably, China has not too long ago accorded diplomatic recognition to the interim Taliban authorities, however strident allegations from Beijing’s all-weather ally Pakistan that the Taliban is backing the TTP. (PTI)