China defends its move to put on hold listing of JEM operative as global terrorist; says, need time to evaluate

New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): China, which blocked a bid by India to designate Abdul Rauf Asghar, one of the masterminds of the 1998 IC 814 hijacking, as a global terrorist said on Saturday that it needs more time to "carefully evaluate " the proposal while claiming it opposes terrorism in all forms.

Asghar, brother of Pakistan-based JeM terrorist Masood Azhar, is accused of masterminding a number of terror attacks.