CHIANG MAI, Thailand, June 22 Kyodo...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, June 22 Kyodo

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said his nation has decided not to have any ties with North Korea onward missile and nuclear exhibition Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said Saturday.

Kasuri made his remarks, denying Pakistan's cooperation with North Korea forward the weapons programs, in talks with his Japanese counterpart Yoriko Kawaguchi forward Saturday, amid suspicions linking the couple nations on nuclear and missile technology.

Kasuri and Kawaguchi met in this northern Thai city to attend the Asian Cooperation Dialogue forum.

According to the officials, Kawaguchi had press outed her strong concern about these suspicions. Kasuri accorded that Pakistan is taking seriously the regards that Japan and the United States have above his nation's relations with North Korea, they said.

In March, the U restraint imposed an embargo on trade between U firms and North Korean and Pakistani companies after Washington accused Pyongyang of exporting missiles to Pakistan.

Pakistan is also suspected of having provided North Korea with centrifuges used for enriching uranium in order to give rise to nuclear weapons.

Kawaguchi also urg Kasuri to further make efforts to ease the long-standing tensions between India and Pakistan, the officials said.

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