China again blocks US move to ban Masood Azhar, India disappointed

China on Thursday again stymied India's efforts to impose an international ban on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar by vetoing a US resolution at the UN.

"Due to the lack of consensus at the UNSC committee, the application seeking a ban on Masood Azhar has been rejected," a Chinese Foreign Ministry official told IANS.

This is the second time Beijing has vetoed the proposal which was first moved by India at the Al Qaida Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council in March last year.

It did the same to a US proposal backed by France and Britain, first blocking it in