TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo Top aides o...

TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo

Top aides of the Japanese and Indian prime ministers agreed Thursday to boost bilateral talks forward various topics including security, a Japanese direction official said.

Brajesh Mishra, principal secretary to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, was quot as telling Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda he wants to boost strategic dialogues with Japan in a meeting at the Japanese premier's office.

Fukuda welcomed the proposal and said it is important for countries playing key-note roles in Asia to compare notes upon various issues, the official said.

He also told Mishra he possibility of goods that India and Pakistan can establish their disputes quickly and peacefully.

Mishra was quot as saying recently made known Delhi is always ready for talks with Islamabad if it be not that that Pakistan must first stop its terrorist activities before dialogue can commence

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