「台湾海峡の平和と安定重要」　ＡＳＥＡＮ拡大会議に参加―岸防衛相

　岸信夫防衛相は１６日、テレビ会議形式による東南アジア諸国連合（ＡＳＥＡＮ）拡大国防相会議（ＡＤＭＭプラス）に参加した。岸氏は、名指しを避けつつ中国の東・南シナ海での覇権主義的な動きに触れ、「東・南シナ海をつなぐ位置に台湾はある。台湾海峡の平和と安定は、地域のみならず国際社会にとっても重要だ」と強調した。
　岸氏は中国で施行された海警局に武器使用を認める海警法についても非難。「あいまいな適用海域や武器使用権限等、国際法との整合性の観点から問題がある規定を含む」と指摘した。
　国軍によるクーデター後の混乱が続くミャンマー情勢に関しても懸念を表明し、「民間人に対する暴力的な対応の即時停止、拘束された関係者の解放および民主的な政治体制の早期回復を求めていく」と訴えた。（2021/06/16-11:04）

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, in a videoconference with his counterparts from ASEAN and other countries on Wednesday, stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
   "Taiwan is located in an area that connects the East China Sea and the South China Sea," Kishi said in the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus, or ADMM Plus, a meeting of defense ministers from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and eight other countries including Japan, the United States and China.
   "Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is important not just for the region but also for the international community," Kishi said at the eighth ADMM Plus meeting, citing China's increasingly hegemonic actions in the seas without mentioning the country by name.
   Kishi criticized a new Chinese law that authorizes Chinese coast guard ships to use weapons against foreign vessels considered by China to be violating its sovereignty.
   "The Chinese law includes problematic clauses in terms of consistency with international laws," including those on weapons usage rights and sea areas covered by the law, Kishi said.