The Indians agreed to resume the suspended dialogue with Pakistan, despite the failure fully to resolve the Mumbai attacks legally, as well as Pakistan’s inability or unwillingness to move against the two domestically-based terrorist groups that India had accused of having masterminded those and several other attacks on its territory. The most important outcome of these renewed contacts was the Pakistani cabinet’s decision, on November 2, to grant India most-favored-nation (MFN) status in trade relations.
虽然印度无法循法律途径根本解决孟买袭击事件，而面对被印度指责策划了孟买以及其他几起恐怖袭击的两个恐怖组织，巴基斯坦方面也没有能力或不愿意与其翻脸，但印度最终还是同意重启双边对话。而双方再度合作的最重要成果就是促成了巴基斯坦内阁在9月2日决定给与印度在贸易最惠国待遇。