ウクライナ侵攻「断じて容認せず」　日米安保当局トップ会談

　【ワシントン時事】秋葉剛男国家安全保障局長は３日、ホワイトハウスでサリバン米大統領補佐官（国家安全保障担当）と会談し、ロシアのウクライナ侵攻について「国際秩序に対する深刻な挑戦であり、断じて容認できない」と表明した。また、覇権主義を強める中国を念頭に、アジアを含むいかなる地域でも「同様の事案が起きてはならない」と確認した。（2022/05/04-05:54）

Japan's top national security official Takeo Akiba, in a meeting with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, has strongly condemned Russia's military aggression in Ukraine.
   The Russian invasion is a serious challenge to the international order and therefore is absolutely impermissible, Akiba, secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat, told Sullivan at the White House meeting Tuesday.
   Akiba and Sullivan confirmed that a similar thing must never happen in Asia or any other region, apparently keeping in mind China, which is stepping up its hegemonic activities.
   They also discussed regional issues, including those related to North Korea and China, sharing the view that the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly severe.
   With U.S. President Joe Biden scheduled to visit Japan late this month, the two agreed to work on maintaining and strengthening a free and open Indo-Pacific by reinforcing the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan-U.S. alliance and through the Quad framework among the two countries plus Australia and India.