<span style="color: #222222;">India has welcomed the decision taken by France to sanction Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a tweet, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, Azhar who is a Pakistan-based and his outfit is UN proscribed terrorist organisation who is responsible for the Pulwama terrorist attack.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Earlier, France has decided to freeze all assets of Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, JeM chief Masood Azhar, in the application of the country's Monetary and Financial Code.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The French government's Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, said, France has always been and always will be by India's side in the fight against terrorism. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It said France has decided to sanction Masood Azhar at the national level by freezing his assets in the application of the Monetary and Financial Code. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A joint statement issued by the French interior ministry, finance ministry and foreign ministry said that France would raise the issue with its European partners with a view to including Masood Azhar on the European Union list of persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts. </span>