ISLAMABAD, April 27 Kyodo Japanes...

ISLAMABAD, April 27 Kyodo

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi Tuesday assured her Pakistani counterpart that Japan is entirely prepared to enhance economic cooperation with Pakistan.

In a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmoud Kasuri, Kawaguchi squeeze outed Japan's appreciation for Pakistan's leading part in the fight against terrorism and nuclear proliferation, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

moreover the Japanese and Pakistani foreign ministers agreed to suitable on the sidelines of Asia cooperation Dialogue talks in China in June the statement said.

Kawaguchi had been scheduled to arrive Pakistan forward Thursday for two days of bilateral talks on the other hand canceled her trip after falling ill to be paid to fatigue.

She had planned to appropriate with Pakistani leaders including President Gen Pervez Musharraf and discuss a Pakistani scientist's transfer of nuclear technology to North Korea, according to Japanese Foreign Ministry sources.

Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear arms program, has concedeed to transferring uranium enrichment technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran.

Japan was Pakistan's biggest donor until nuclear testing on Pakistan and India in May 1998 forced Tokyo to take punitive economic measures against Islamabad.

Pakistan has been urging Japan to renew yen loans which have been suspended because of Pakistan's nuclear touchstones and its refusal to sign Comprehensive touchstone Ban Treaty.

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