Pakistan backs UNSC berth for Japan, but no to India
Pakistani visiting Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri voiced support yesterday for Japan's goal of a permanent seat on the UN Security Council but had reservations about the bid of rival India, a diplomat said.
Kasuri held talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the situation in Pakistan's neighbor Afghanistan and Japan's plans to resume yen loans to Islamabad among other issues, Pakistani ambassador to Japan Kamran Niaz said.
In a separate meeting Kasuri told Japan's main opposition leader Katsuya Okada that there should be "objective criteria" on choosing members of an enlarged UN Security Council.
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