食料問題で連携確認　日仏外相

　林芳正外相は１４日、フランスのコロナ外相と電話会談し、ロシアのウクライナ侵攻に伴う小麦など食料の価格高騰をめぐり、影響を受けている途上国支援などで連携することで一致した。電話会談は、コロナ氏が５月に外相に就任して初めて。
　両氏は、対ロ制裁やウクライナ支援で先進７カ国（Ｇ７）が結束する重要性を確認。「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」推進に向けた取り組みや、核・ミサイル開発を進める北朝鮮への対応で協力する方針を申し合わせた。（2022/06/14-19:59）

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his French counterpart, Catherine Colonna, have agreed that their countries will cooperate in supporting developing countries that are affected by soaring prices of wheat and other food items caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   Holding phone talks on Tuesday, the two also confirmed the importance of the Group of Seven countries making united efforts in imposing sanctions on Russia and offering assistance to Ukraine. The G-7 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States plus the European Union.
   In addition, Hayashi and Colonna agreed that Japan and France will work together in promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific and responding to North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs.
   It was the first time for the two ministers to hold phone talks since Colonna took office in May.