日ロ関係「互恵的に発展」　岸田首相がプーチン氏と電話会談

　岸田文雄首相は７日、ロシアのプーチン大統領と電話で会談した。懸案の北方領土問題を含む平和条約締結交渉について話し合い、首相は「日ロ関係全体を互恵的に発展させたい。北方領土問題を次の世代に先送りせず、プーチン氏としっかり取り組みたい」と伝えた。
　プーチン氏は首相に就任への祝意を表明。「２国間や国際的な課題に関して建設的に連携する用意がある。平和条約締結問題を含め対話を継続していく意向だ」と語った。
　両首脳は、歯舞、色丹両島の引き渡しを明記した１９５６年の日ソ共同宣言を基に平和条約締結交渉を加速させるとした２０１８年の首脳間合意を再確認。首相は記者団に「これまでの両国間の諸合意を踏まえて、しっかりと平和条約交渉に取り組んでいくことを確認した」と述べた。
　岸田氏の電話首脳会談は米国、オーストラリアに続き３カ国目。（2021/10/07-20:39）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held telephone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, expressing his hope to develop the Japan-Russia relationship in a mutually beneficial way.
   The talks covered negotiations to conclude a peace treaty to formally end the two countries' wartime hostilities, which has not happened due to their long-standing territorial row.
   "We confirmed that we will work on the peace treaty netogiations based on past bilateral agreements," Kishida told reporters after the phone talks.
   Putin was the third foreign leader to have a teleconference with Kishida since the prime minister took office on Monday. The first and second were U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
   According to Japanese officials, Kishida told Putin of his determination to work together to make sure that the territorial dispute over four Russian-held islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan, is not passed on to the next generation.