「法の支配」で協力　日加外相

　【ロンドン時事】英国訪問中の茂木敏充外相は３日午後（日本時間同日夜）、カナダのガルノー外相と会談した。「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」実現に向け、法の支配など両国が優先協力する６分野を発表。中国を念頭に「海洋秩序を損なう一方的行動に共に取り組む」と明記したほか、北朝鮮船舶が洋上で物資を積み換える「瀬取り」対策で連携することも盛り込んだ。（2021/05/04-00:56）

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Canadian counterpart, Marc Garneau, on Monday agreed that their countries will cooperate in six mutual priority areas, including maintaining and promoting the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific region.
   Japan and Canada will deepen cooperation in the six fields to advance their shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific, according to a statement released after Motegi and Garneau held talks in Britain on the sidelines of a three-day meeting of the Group of Seven foreign ministers that started Monday.
   The statement said that Japan and Canada will work together "to address unilateral actions that undermine regional stability and the rules-based international maritime order based on international law," apparently with China's moves in mind.
   It also noted that Japan and Canada will work in partnership to counter North Korea's offshore ship-to-ship cargo transfers.