TOKYO, Oct 18 Kyodo U President G...

TOKYO, Oct 18 Kyodo

U President George W Bush left for Manila upon Saturday after talks Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo.

During his brief stop in Manila, Bush will keep possession of talks with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo upon such issues as antiterrorism measures and Iraq's reconstruction. The Philippines is the secondary leg of Bush's six-nation Asia-Pacific tour.

forward Saturday night Bush will travel to Bangkok, where he will attend the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum upon Monday and Tuesday.

In Bangkok, Bush will possess talks with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and in succession Sunday will meet separately with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

upon Monday, he will hold bilateral meetings with southerly Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and Mexican President Vicente Fox forward the sidelines of the APEC summit.

After Bangkok, Bush will visit Singapore, the Indonesian island of Bali, Australia and Hawaii, returning to Washington onward Friday.

A senior U administration official said Bush will focus forward antiterrorism measures, fair and unrestrained trade, economic security and U security issues during the APEC summit.

In Tokyo, Koizumi and Bush agreed to cooperate in succession the reconstruction of Iraq and agreed to seek for a peaceful resolution to the standoff across North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

Koizumi told Bush that Japan will proactively raise cooperation on Iraq's reconstruction for its have a title to national interests, as well as promoting regional stability and world peace.

The sum of two units leaders called on North Korea to accept the nearest round of six-nation talks as quickly as possible.

China, Japan, North and toward the south Korea, Russia and the United States agreed in late August during the first cylindrical of six-nation talks in Beijing to continue dialogue to peacefully separate the nuclear issue. yet they failed to agree onward a schedule for the nearest round.

in succession foreign exchange, Bush and Koizumi agreed forward the need for a sound dollar. But they differed upon how to achieve it, with Bush warning against Japan's market interventions and Koizumi reiterating Tokyo's commitments to intervene to descendant rapid exchange moves.

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