中国主席、安倍氏死去で弔電　「関係改善に貢献」

　【北京時事】中国の習近平国家主席は９日、安倍晋三元首相の死去を受け、岸田文雄首相に弔電を送った。中国中央テレビが伝えた。
　習氏は「深い哀悼の意」を表明。「首相在任中に中日関係の改善に向け努力し、有益な貢献をした」と評価した。その上で「突然亡くなったことを残念に思う。中日の善隣友好協力関係を引き続き発展させたい」と強調した。
　李克強首相も９日、岸田氏に対し弔電を送った。李氏は「岸田首相との間で意思疎通と対話を強化し、中日関係の持続的で安定的な発展を推進したい」と表明した。（2022/07/09-23:15）

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday sent a message of sympathy to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down the previous day, China Central Television reported.
   Expressing his deep condolences over Abe's passing, Xi said in the message that the former Japanese prime minister made contributions to improving China-Japan relations while in office.
   Xi said that he deeply regrets the death of Abe, adding that he is ready to work with Kishida to continue developing a good neighborly friendship and cooperation between China and Japan.
   Separately, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang paid tribute to Abe in a message sent to Kishida on Saturday. Li said that he hopes to cooperate with Kishida to strengthen communication and dialogue between them in order to promote the sustainable and stable development of the two countries' relations.
   Abe was shot to death on Friday while delivering an election campaign speech in the western Japan city of Nara.