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Clearing the air that New Delhi had not expressed satisfaction on the pace of 26/11 trial in Pakistan,the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that External Affairs Minister S M Krishna forcefully raised the lack of progress in the judicial process.
India has,time and again,clearly expressed its concern and disappointment with Pakistan about the lack of progress in the Mumbai attack trial and bringing those responsible for this heinous terrorist attack to justice. The matter was forcefully raised by the External Affairs Minister in his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart yesterday,said Vishnu Prakash,spokesperson for the MEA.
We categorically reject inferences that there was any expression of satisfaction on the progress on Mumbai trial. The language of the statement is very clear in this regard. The holding of the meetings on various issues is a step forward given that for over two years,our substantive dialogue had remained suspended and this has been acknowledged in the Statement, he said.
The spokesperson added that under the resumed dialogue,Counter Terrorism (including progress on Mumbai trial) is the subject of the Home Secretary-level talks,as announced in in the Agreed Outcome document after the Foreign Secretary-level talks held in February in Thimphu. To this,we have added Narcotics Control to correctly reflect the scope of Home/Interior Secretary level talks, he said.
