岸田首相、ＮＡＴＯ首脳会議出席検討　実現なら歴代初

　岸田文雄首相は、６月２９、３０両日にスペインのマドリードで開かれる北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）首脳会議に出席する検討に入った。政府関係者が２７日明らかにした。実現すれば日本の首相では初めて。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻や覇権主義的動きを強める中国への対応をめぐり、米欧首脳と連携を確認したい考えだ。
　首相は６月２６～２８日にドイツのエルマウで開かれる先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）に出席し、その後にマドリードを訪れる方向だ。
　４月には林芳正外相が日本の外相としてＮＡＴＯ外相会議に初参加した。ＮＡＴＯは日本、韓国、オーストラリアなどをアジア太平洋の「パートナー国」と位置付けており、６月の首脳会議への出席も打診してきている。（2022/05/27-19:19）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering attending a NATO summit set for June 29-30 in Madrid, Spain, government sources said Friday.
   Kishida is planning to attend the NATO summit after taking part in a Group of Seven summit in Germany on June 26-28, the sources said. He would be the first Japanese leader to attend a NATO summit.
   The Japanese prime minister hopes to use the NATO summit to affirm cooperation with his U.S. and European counterparts over responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's growing assertiveness, the sources said.
   NATO, which sees Japan as one of its Asia-Pacific partners, has sounded out Tokyo about being present at the summit, the sources said.
   In April, Yoshimasa Hayashi became the first Japanese foreign minister to attend a meeting of NATO foreign chiefs. Japan "needs to boost cooperation with NATO," a government source said.