林外相「金融市場への影響注視」　国際決済網からロシア排除で

　林芳正外相は２７日のＮＨＫ番組で、米国や欧州連合（ＥＵ）が世界の銀行決済取引網からロシアの一部銀行を排除する方針を表明したことについて、「金融市場への影響などを注視しながら（日本も）対応しなければならない」と語った。
　日本の制裁対象としてプーチン大統領個人やベラルーシを新たに加えるかに関しては「Ｇ７（先進７カ国）と連携してどういう対応が可能か検討する」と述べるにとどめた。
　日本企業所有の貨物船が黒海でロシア軍のミサイルを被弾したことについて、林氏は「外交ルートを通じ、ロシア側に船舶や邦人の安全確保を強く申し入れた」と説明した。（2022/02/27-10:44）

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Sunday expressed the country's intention to pay close attention to possible financial market impacts from an envisaged expulsion of some Russian banks from a global interbank network.
   "Japan needs to respond while closely watching impacts on financial markets" of the measure, which has been proposed by the United States and others as a fresh sanction on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Hayashi said in a television program.
   In a joint statement released Saturday, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United States and the European Union proposed that some Russian banks be removed from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin's "war of choice and attacks" on Ukraine and its people.
   On whether Japan will add Putin and Belarus, which is believed to be supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to its sanctions list, Hayashi said only," We will consider what steps we can take while working with Japan's Group of Seven partners." Japan is the only G-7 member not participating in the joint statement proposing the additional sanction on Russia.
   On an incident in which a freighter owned by a Japanese company was hit by a Russian missile in the Black Sea, Hayashi said that the Japanese government urged Russia through diplomatic channels to ensure the safety of Japanese ships and citizens.