Modi-Trump meet: India, US move closer on Pak than during Obama yrs

Two things stood out in the Modi-Trump joint statement. First, the creation of “a new consultation mechanism on domestic and international terrorist designations listing proposals.” This would presumably help US and India to coordinate their moves both bilaterally and multilaterally on listing terrorists. Currently, the US, UK and France are together sponsoring a move to ban Masood Azhar in the 1267 committee of the UNSC. This is being opposed by China, which has maintained a block on this for over a year now.