ジョンソン英首相、東京五輪開催を支持　電話会談で菅氏要請

　菅義偉首相は１６日、英国のジョンソン首相と電話会談し、今夏の東京五輪・パラリンピック開催に向け、先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）による支持を要請した。今年のサミットで議長を務めるジョンソン氏は「全面的に支持する」と応じた。
　両首脳は中国の動向についても意見交換。「海警法」制定を含む東・南シナ海での一方的な現状変更の試みや、香港、新疆ウイグル自治区の状況に懸念を表明し、連携して対応することを申し合わせた。国軍によるクーデターの起きたミャンマー情勢に関しては「重大な懸念」を共有した。（2021/02/16-20:29）

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday expressed his full-fledged support for holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer.
   Johnson showed the stance as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sought support from the Group of Seven major industrial nations for holding the Tokyo Games during their phone talks on the day. Britain serves as this year's chair of the G-7 framework, which also includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States.
   The conversation took place at a time when the prolonged novel coronavirus crisis is casting a shadow over the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, which were postponed by one year from 2020 due to the pandemic.
   The Japanese and British leaders also exchanged views on recent developments in China. They expressed concern over China's unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, including the recent enforcement of a new law allowing its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, and the situations in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Suga and Johnson vowed to work together to tackle these issues.
   Suga and Johnson shared serious concerns over the situation in Myanmar, where a military coup occurred earlier this month.