ウクライナ情勢で連携　岸田氏、カンボジア首相らと会談

　岸田文雄首相は２３日、「アジア・太平洋水サミット」が行われた熊本市で、カンボジアのフン・セン首相ら３カ国首脳と相次ぎ会談し、ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻に関し、連携して対応することで一致した。
　カンボジアとの首脳会談で岸田氏は「力による一方的な現状変更の試みは世界中どこであっても絶対に許されない」と強調。これに対し、フン・セン氏は「多くの市民の命が奪われることはあってはならない」と応じた。
　岸田氏は、ツバルのナタノ首相やラオスのパンカム首相とも会談。ツバルと同じ南太平洋に位置するソロモン諸島が中国と安全保障協定を締結したことが懸念されており、ナタノ氏とは「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」の実現に向け、緊密な連携を確認した。（2022/04/23-20:14）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed with his counterparts from Cambodia, Laos, and Tuvalu at separate meetings on Saturday to cooperate in responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   The summit meetings were held on the sidelines of the fourth Asia-Pacific Water Summit in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto.
   During his meeting with Cambodia's Hun Sen, Kishida stressed that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force is absolutely unacceptable anywhere in the world. Hun Sen said that the lives of many civilians must not be lost.
   Kishida and Tuvalu's Kausea Natano confirmed their close cooperation toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific region, amid concerns over the recent conclusion of a security pact between China and the Solomon Islands, which, along with Tuvalu, is located in the South Pacific.
   "We exchanged views on China's moves in the Pacific islands region," Kishida told reporters after the summit meetings. Japan "is closely watching (China's moves) with interest," he said.