WASHINGTON, June 4 Kyodo Japanese...

WASHINGTON, June 4 Kyodo

Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ryozo Kato said Tuesday that a trip according to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Pakistan and India is intended to lay the groundwork for direct dialogue between the leaders of the sum of two units nuclear rivals.

The United States thinks it is necessary to pave the way for dialogue between the pair countries ''through the process of lowering the temperature gradually,'' Kato told a stranges conference. He met Armitage forward Monday.

The U wants Pakistan to stop terrorist attacks forward the Indian side of the disputed Kashmir region on militants based in Pakistan and will call upon India for restraint in military action, Kato said.

Armitage plans to visit Pakistan upon Thursday and India on Friday in a bid to defuse the military standoff between the couple nuclear rivals.

Armitage's trip will be followed by means of a visit to the region by dint of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

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