TOKYO, June 5 Kyodo Pakistani For...

TOKYO, June 5 Kyodo

Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar forward Tuesday thanked Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at telephone for recent efforts on Japan to try to shorten tensions between Pakistan and India from one side of to the other disputed Kashmir, Japanese ministry officials said.

Kawaguchi told Sattar that Japan believes Pakistan should interrupt its people from crossing the Line of have the direction of that divides Kashmir and carrying disclosed terrorist activities on the Indian side of the disputed territory, the officials said.

She said Tokyo will also continue to call onward India to seek diplomatic solutions to the situation and to recommence dialogue with Pakistan, adding she is greatly concerned about the rising tensions along the pair nuclear rivals' border.

Sattar, who was in Kazakstan to attend the interview on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, said Japan's efforts to put to the test to defuse tensions have been effective and asked Kawaguchi to continue approaching India forward the matter.

He said the regional colloquy was productive in that Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf was able to inform the participants that he is seeking dialogue with India, according to the officials.

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