LIMA, Peru, Oct 15 (Reuters) --Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo wants to discuss the exile in Tokyo of his disgraced predecessor, Alberto Fujimori, with
Japan's prime minister at a summit next week, Peru's top diplomat said on Monday.

Foreign Minister Diego Garcia Sayan said the self-exile of Fujimori, who led Peru from 1990 until being fired last November amid a corruption scandal, remained a priority for
the Andean nation and would be on the agenda for any talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

"It is an obligation for a democratic president to state ... that the decisions of the Peruvian justice system should be respected," Garcia Sayan said.

Peru has charged Fujimori -- who fled to his ancestral homeland, Japan, after a brief appearance at last year's Asia-Pacific Economic Forum in Brunei -- with human rights
abuses but has not yet begun formal extradition proceedings.

Japan has said it will not extradite Fujimori because it considers him a Japanese citizen. The two countries to not have an extradition treaty.

Although bilateral meetings with U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin are scheduled during the October 20-21 Asia-Pacific summit in Shanghai,
Peru is still coordinating possible talks between Toledo and Koizumi, Garcia Sayan said.

He said Toledo would reiterate to Bush Peru's commitment to the fight against terrorism after the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, as well as pressing Andean
countries' desire for an expansion of a U.S. duty-free trade pact.

With China, he would discuss ways to boost exports and China's desire to participate in upcoming Peruvian privatizations, he added.

Peru itself hosts a major gathering of heads of state and government from Latin America, Spain and Portugal in Lima from November 23-24 and Garcia Sayan said their
"absolute and total security" would be guaranteed.

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