日韓豪ＮＺ首脳会談を調整　中国念頭、月末のＮＡＴＯ出席時

　岸田文雄首相は、今月２９日からスペイン・マドリードで開かれる北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）首脳会議への出席に合わせ、韓国、オーストラリア、ニュージーランド（ＮＺ）との４カ国首脳会談を行う方向で調整に入った。政府関係者が２０日、明らかにした。中国を念頭に「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」の取り組みを推進し、ＮＡＴＯとの連携を強化する狙いがある。
　韓国の尹錫悦大統領、豪州のアルバニージー首相、ＮＺのアーダーン首相が参加する見通し。岸田氏はドイツでの先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）に出席後、スペインに入る。韓国政府関係者は２０日、「日本の提案を受けて対応を検討中だ」と述べた。（2022/06/20-18:00）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to hold a four-way summit with South Korean, Australian and New Zealand leaders when he visits Madrid to attend a NATO summit from June 29, government sources revealed Monday.
   The envisaged four-way meeting is expected to be attended by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
   A South Korean government official said Seoul is considering its response to Tokyo's proposal to hold the four-way summit.
   Through the meeting, Kishida, who is scheduled to arrive in Spain after participating in a Group of Seven summit in Germany, hopes to promote efforts to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific, with China in mind, and beef up cooperation with NATO members.
   NATO invited Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand to its summit as its Asia-Pacific partners, attaching great importance to the four nations, with whom it shares common values such as the rule of law, at a time when Russia is invading Ukraine and China is becoming hegemonic.