Japanese and Pakistani diplomats held their first security dialogue in Islamabad on Saturday, addressing the need for coordinating policies promoting peace and stability in Asia and the world, Foreign Ministry officials in Tokyo said Sunday.
Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Asian and Oceania Affairs Bureau, and Salman Bashir, additional foreign secretary in charge of the Asia-Pacific region, headed the delegations.
They discussed the reconstruction of Afghanistan and relations between Pakistan and India centering around disputed Kashmir, the officials said.
Yabunaka expressed appreciation for Pakistan's role in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and its efforts to promote peace and stability in South Asia.
They took up the security situation in Northeast Asia, including North Korea's nuclear development.