インド太平洋で連携強化　日印首脳が一致

　【ワシントン時事】米ワシントンを訪れている菅義偉首相は２３日午後（日本時間２４日午前）、インドのモディ首相と約４５分間会談した。両首脳は「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」の実現に向け、日印両国や米国、オーストラリアを加えた日米豪印４カ国（通称クアッド）の枠組みで緊密に連携していくことを確認した。（2021/09/24-09:11）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Thursday and agreed to work closely to achieve a "free and open Indo-Pacific."
   In their roughly 45-minute meeting in Washington, the two confirmed their commitment to working within the so-called Quad framework involving the United States, Japan, Australia and India. The first in-person Quad summit is scheduled for Friday.
   It is the first time that Suga and Modi have met in person. They agreed to hold a "two-plus-two" meeting of their countries' foreign and defense ministers at an early date, and to cooperate in the fields of digital policies, the environment and health care.
   Suga called for bringing details into their cooperation, proposing to establish 5G large-capacity ultrafast mobile communications networks, lay submarine communications cables and boost supply chains connecting the two countries.
   Suga and Modi reaffirmed their opposition to unilateral changes to the status quo in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, where China has been ramping up its presence.