The statement also urged Islamabad to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai, Pathankot and other cross-border terror attacks in India. Hours ahead of Modi-Trump meet, the US declared Syed Salahuddin, the Pakistan-based chief of the Kashmiri militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, a Specially Desigted Global Terrorist. Chi has defended its “all-weather ally” Pakistan earlier as well. It has repeatedly vetoed India’s proposal to declare Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar a global terrorist. Last year when Modi called Pakistan “the mothership of terrorism”, Chi again came to Islamabad’s defence. “We oppose linking terrorism with any specific ethnicity or religion. This is our long-standing position. Chi and Pakistan are all-weather friends,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying had told the media then. “Pakistan has made huge efforts and great sacrifices in fighting terrorism. I think the intertiol community should respect this.” (IANS)