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Q.326 Investigation of Mumbai attack
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.326
TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.02.2011
SHRI BALKRISHNA K. SHUKLA:
Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the reasons for Pakistan's investigation of Mumbai attack not moving further; and
(b) the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SMT. PRENEET KAUR)
(a) & (b) On November 25, 2010, Government of India conveyed to Pakistan its regret that despite the repeated assurances given by Pakistan’s leadership at the highest level and the extensive cooperation extended by India in connection with the ongoing trial and investigation in Pakistan on the Mumbai terrorist attacks, substantive and verifiable progress has not been made on bringing all the perpetrators and masterminds of the heinous attacks to justice. India called upon Pakistan to fulfill its stated commitment to bring all the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice and unravel the larger conspiracy behind the attacks.
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Thimphu on February 6, 2011, to chart the way forward in India-Pakistan relationship. India and Pakistan have agreed that prior to the visit of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan to India by July 2011, among other meetings, a meeting of Home/Interior Secretaries of the two countries will be convened on Counter-terrorism (including progress on Mumbai trial). Dates of the aforementioned meeting will be fixed through diplomatic channels.