MEA to await Cabinet decision on extradition of Anderson

Ministry of External Affairs will await a decision by the Union Cabinet on the extradition of former Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson from the US.

Ministry of External Affairs will await a decision by the Union Cabinet on the extradition of former Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson from the US.

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"The Union Cabinet is expected to meet soon. We will await the decision of the Cabinet in this regard," Foreign
Secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters.

She was asked what the ministry would do in the light of a recommendation by Group of Ministers on Bhopal Gas
disaster that government should pursue afresh efforts to get Anderson extradited to India to stand trial in the case.