This list comes after China last year tabled India’s offer to name the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader a global terrorist. In June 2022, India criticized China after it blocked a proposal to include terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki in the Sanctions Committee, also known as the 1267 Committee of the United Nations Security Council.
“On January 16, 2023, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and individuals, groups, Associated companies and entities have approved the addition of the entry specified below to their ISIL (Daesh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of Individuals and Entities Subject to the Assets Freeze, Travel Ban and Arms Embargo established in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) and approved under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,” the UN said in a statement.
India and the US have already listed Makki as a terrorist under their national laws. He has been involved in fundraising, recruiting and radicalizing youth to violence and planning attacks in India, especially Jammu and Kashmir.
Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind, Hafiz Saeed. He has held various leadership positions within LeT, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). He has also played a role in raising funds for LeT operations.
In 2020, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court convicted Makki of one count of financing terrorism and sentenced him to prison, according to the US State Department.
In the past, China has put up obstacles to listing known terrorists, particularly Pakistan. He has repeatedly blocked proposals to appoint Maulana Masood Azhar, head of the UN-proscribed Pakistani-based terrorist entity Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
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