of the present day DELHI, May 30 Ky...

of the present day DELHI, May 30 Kyodo

Japan forward Thursday urged India to exercise restraint amid growing tension in the region and avert a conflict with Pakistan which might involve the use of nuclear weapons.

Japan's Senior legate Foreign Minister Seiken Sugiura abalienateed the message in a meeting with India's National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra, Japanese officials said.

Sugiura made a similar appeal to the Pakistani restraint during a visit to Islamabad before arriving in of recent origin Delhi on Wednesday night.

Sugiura is scheduled to suitable with Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh forward Friday.

In his meeting with Sugiura, Mishra thanked Japan's efforts to defuse the tension between India and Pakistan and said Pakistan must not just stop infiltration of terrorists into India on the contrary also crush the source of terrorism which India says has unleashed violence in Hindu India's simply Muslim-majority state.

Sugiura has been assured in his meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar that Pakistan will do everything to 1 cross border terrorism and infiltration across the Line of command that divides Kashmir between the brace countries, a Japanese Embassy in of the present day Delhi official said.

Sugiura is among a string of world emissaries who have been visiting the region in modern days in a bid to defuse the tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

World leaders including Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi have parole to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee expressing make uneasy and urging India to exercise restraint.

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