インド首相「役職超えた友情」　安倍氏死去、日本語でメッセージ

　【ニューデリー時事】安倍晋三元首相の死去を受け、インドのモディ首相は１１日までに、自身のホームページに日本語と英語で追悼メッセージを掲載した。安倍氏とは「役職や儀礼を超えた友情があった」と強調。地元メディアも、２人の友情が日印関係の深化に貢献したとたたえた。
　モディ氏は「私の友人、安倍さん」と題したメッセージで、自身が西部グジャラート州知事だった２００７年以来、安倍氏と交流を重ねてきたと振り返った。相互訪問の際の写真も多く掲載。安倍氏との関係は経済面に限定されがちだった日印関係を「より広く包括的な関係に昇華させた」と評価した。
　５月の訪日時に会った際の様子について、「相変わらず気力にあふれ、魅力的でカリスマがありウイットに富んでいた」と指摘。「最後の会合になるとは思ってもいなかった」と突然の死を悼んだ。（2022/07/11-18:44）

World leaders have paid condolence visits to Japanese diplomatic establishments in their countries and released fresh messages to mourn the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has posted a memorial message on his website both in Japanese and English, saying that his friendship with Abe "went beyond the trappings of office and the shackles of official protocol."
   In the message, titled "My Friend, Abe San," Modi recalled how he cultivated his friendship with Abe from 2007, when Modi was governor of the western state of Gujarat, posting many photographs of them visiting each other's countries. San is a Japanese honorific suffix.
   Abe helped turn the bilateral relations, which had been largely confined within the economic field, into "a broad, comprehensive one," Modi wrote.
   Modi also recalled that when he met with Abe in Japan in May this year, Abe was "energetic, captivating, charismatic and very witty" just as usual.