The Indian government said on Saturday that it will decide on the visit of another Pakistan judicial panel to cross-examine witnesses related to the trial of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage after the completion of internal consultations.
While speaking to reporters, the Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said that the home ministry was consulting the judicial authorities on the matter and a reply could only be sent after they got a response from the judicial authorities.
He added that the government had taken a positive view of the request but would be able to respond once the internal consultations were complete.
Earlier on Thursday, India had conveyed its “in-principle agreement” to allow a second judicial commission from Pakistan to visit Mumbai and cross-examine the officials involved in recording the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Lashkar-e-Taiba operative. This has been termed as an important step taken by India to goad Pakistan to expedite the 26/11 terror attack trial.
The message was conveyed during the talks held between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran.