日米韓外相、英国で会談へ　Ｇ７に合わせ、日韓も調整

　茂木敏充外相が５月３～５日にロンドンで開かれる先進７カ国（Ｇ７）外相会議に合わせ、米国のブリンケン国務長官、韓国の鄭義溶外相と日米韓外相会談を調整していることが分かった。北朝鮮の核・ミサイル開発や日本人拉致問題をめぐり、３カ国の連携を確認する。複数の日本政府関係者が３０日、明らかにした。
　茂木氏はブリンケン氏との個別会談も予定。Ｇ７議長国の英国は、Ｇ７諸国以外に韓国やオーストラリアなどの外相を招待しており、茂木氏と鄭氏による初の２国間会談もこの機会に行われる可能性がある。（2021/04/30-15:35）

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi plans to hold a meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in London next week, informed sources said Friday.
   At the proposed trilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, Motegi hopes to reaffirm their countries' cooperation in coping with North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs as well as the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korean spies decades ago, the government sources said.
   According to the sources, Motegi will also have separate talks with Blinken and Chung during his London visit to join the three-day G-7 gathering from Monday.
   Although South Korea is not a G-7 member, Britain, which chairs the forum of advanced nations this year, invited the East Asian country to the ministerial meeting along with India, Australia and some others as guests.
   The G-7 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.