日韓外相、１８日に会談　徴用工解決へ意思疎通加速

　林芳正外相が１８日に韓国の朴振外相と会談する方向で調整していることが分かった。政府関係者が１３日、明らかにした。懸案の元徴用工問題解決に向け、韓国政府は先月、韓国の財団が被告の日本企業の賠償を肩代わりする案を公表。林氏は韓国側の検討状況について説明を受け、日本側に求める「前向きな呼応」に関しても意見交換するとみられる。
　両外相の対面会談は昨年９月の米ニューヨーク以来で、１７日にドイツ南部で始まるミュンヘン安全保障会議に出席するのに合わせて行う。徴用工問題に関し、日韓は外務省局長による協議の開催頻度を上げており、１３日には外務次官会談もワシントンで実施。両外相は解決を目指し、「緊密な意思疎通」を続ける方針を確認する。（2023/02/13-17:44）

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi would meet with his South Korean counterpart, Park Jin, on Saturday over the wartime labor issue, government officials said Monday.
   At the meeting, which Hayashi plans to have on the sidelines of an international security conference in Munich, Germany, he hopes to hear explanations from Park on Seoul's plan to make a South Korean foundation pay compensation to plaintiffs in World War II forced labor lawsuits in the country instead of defendant Japanese companies.
   Hayashi and Park are also likely to exchange opinions on a "positive response" the South Korean government is seeking from Tokyo and affirm their continued close communication on the issue, which senior officials of both governments have recently been stepping up efforts to resolve.
   Japanese government officials also said Hayashi and other foreign ministers from the Group of Seven major democracies are expected to hold in the southern German city their first talks since Japan assumed the G-7 presidency earlier this year.
   The meeting's agenda would include the continuation and strengthening of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.