Kyodo News:
Kawaguchi to visit Pakistan, India on Aug. 10-14+ Aug 3, 2004

TOKYO, Aug. 3 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi plans to visit Pakistan and India from Aug. 10 to 14 for talks with her counterparts and request the two nuclear nations' cooperation in nuclear disarmament, government sources said Tuesday.

Kawaguchi intends to meet with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri in Islamabad on Aug. 11 to discuss antiterrorism measures as well as the nuclear issue, the sources said.

She plans to hold talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in New Delhi the following day to exchange views about the nuclear issue and bilateral economic cooperation, they said.

Kawaguchi is also hoping to meet with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the tour, they said.

==Kyodo


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