日米共同訓練に不快感　防衛相訓示にも反発―ロシア

　【モスクワ時事】ロシア外務省のザハロワ情報局長は３日、日本国内で６月２４日に始まった陸上自衛隊と米陸軍による共同訓練「オリエント・シールド２１」に関し、「前例のない規模に注目せざるを得ない」と不快感を示した。
　ザハロワ氏は声明で、ロシアに近い北海道でも訓練が実施されたことから「わが国の極東の国境の安全保障の観点から吟味している」と説明。岸信夫防衛相が６月２９日に北海道の航空自衛隊基地を視察した際、北方方面の警戒強化を訓示したことに触れ、「（日本の北方の）隣国はロシアだけだ」と反発した。（2021/07/04-15:21）

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has voiced Moscow's frustration at the ongoing Japan-U.S. defense drills.
   Russia has no choice but to pay attention to the unprecedented scale of the Orient Shield 21 drills, Zakharova, head of the ministry's information and press department, said in a statement on Saturday.
   The exercises between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Army started on June 24 in Japan.
   Noting that part of the drills was conducted in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, which is close to Russia, Zakharova said that Moscow is examining the matter from the standpoint of security of Russia's Far East borders.
   Zakharova also expressed displeasure at Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi's instructions of strengthening surveillance of northern areas during his visit to an Air SDF base in Hokkaido last Tuesday.