CAIRO, Dec 2 Kyodo Masahiko Komur...

CAIRO, Dec 2 Kyodo

Masahiko Komura, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's special ambassador met Sunday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher es-Sayed to consign Japan's promise of efforts to help achieve a peaceful payment of the crisis surrounding Iraq.

Komura said after meeting Mubarak that he praised the Egyptian leader for directly advising Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to accept a UN resolution ordering Baghdad to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction or face ''serious consequences'' leaving make open the possibility of a U military attack.

He said he and Mubarak confirmed Japan-Egypt cooperation forward Iraq.

Komura also said he signaled Japan's intention to help build a Palestine state and achieve peaceful coexistence with Israel as part of the Middle East peace process

Mubarak accorded that Egypt welcomes Japan's bigger part in the Mideast peace proces Komura told reporters.

Komura separately told Maher that Japan is urging the Palestinians to present an end to violence while asking Israel to avoid using force to bring about peace in the Middle East, Middle East novels Agency reported.

Komura, a former foreign minister, also met with Muhammad Moussa of Egypt secretary general of the League of Arab States, in Cairo.

Komura is united of Koizumi's three special legates who have been assigned to visit countries near Iraq. He visited France before arriving in Egypt

Taro Nakayama, another special plenipotentiary and a former foreign minister, not long ago visited Iran.

Toshimitsu Motegi, a senior vice foreign minister and the third special minister visited Jordan, Syria and Turkey to influence Baghdad to cooperate completely with U.N. weapons inspectors, according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials.

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