Japan offers support to Pakistan

Pakistan says Japan is offering to help it fight extremism. Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura made the offer in a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad.

Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, center left, along with his Pakistani counter part Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center right, sign documents after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Komura has offered to help Pakistan's newly  elected government in the fight against terrorism.(AP Photo/ Anjum Naveed)

Komura is currently on a two-day visit to Pakistan. Komura says Japan will help Pakistan consolidate democracy and provide economic support measures. Komura says that as Chairman of the G-8 Group, Japan will try to convince other members to assist Pakistan. Komura also met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi.