On China blocking Azhar's listing as a global terrorist, sources said India will show patience as long as it takes.

When asked for China's response to India's airstrikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told the media that “we have taken note of relevant reports."

China supports Pakistan's 'quest for peace through dialogue with India and backed Islamabad's engagement with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Beijing was unaware of India's protest to the bus services planned between China and Pakistan along the route of disputed Kashmir.

The proposed Pakistan- China bus service is scheduled to be launched on Saturday between Lahore and Kashghar, a city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China's far west, through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang's response came after a media report said that Chinese troops intruded into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh for about 200 meters close to a village in upper Siang district.

The official media of China termed Swaraj's speech "bigotry".

The grouping expressed concern over the security situation in the region and violence caused by the Taliban, ISIS, Al-Qaida and its affiliates including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and the Haqqani network.