Updated On: 10 December, 2012 11:25 AM IST | | Agencies
The UAE Cabinet has approved an extradition agreement that the Gulf nation had signed with India for facilitating the transfer of Indian convicts to spend the remaining jail term in their home country.
The agreement, which was signed by the two countries in November last year, is expected to help around 1,200 Indian prisoners who have been languishing in UAE prisons.u00a0
The Cabinet approved the extradition agreement yesterday.