インド、カンボジアを訪問へ　ウクライナ情勢を協議―岸田首相

　松野博一官房長官は１８日の記者会見で、岸田文雄首相が１９日から２１日までの日程で、インド、カンボジアを訪問すると発表した。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻を受けた対応などを協議する。
　首相の外国訪問は昨年１１月の英国以来。松野氏は「ウクライナ情勢を取り上げ、さまざまな働き掛けを行う」と語った。
　日本の首相のインド訪問は４年半ぶり。松野氏はモディ首相との首脳会談について「自由で開かれたインド太平洋の実現に向けた協力を日印や日米豪印を通じて前進させる」と表明。東南アジア諸国連合（ＡＳＥＡＮ）議長国のカンボジアのフンセン首相とは「地域、国際情勢で連携を確認する」と語った。（2022/03/18-11:02）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit India and Cambodia for three days from Saturday to discuss responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Friday.
   During his first overseas trip since his visit to Britain last November, Kishida will take up the Ukraine situation in talks with leaders of India and Cambodia and seek their cooperation over various aspects related to the crisis, the top government spokesman told a press conference.
   Kishida is slated to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Matsuno said that they will aim to advance cooperation between Japan and India and among them plus the two other countries forming the Quad framework--the United States and Australia--in an effort to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific. A visit to India by a Japanese prime minister will be the first in four and a half years.
   Kishida and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen plan to confirm their countries' cooperation over regional and global issues, Matsuno said. Cambodia holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.