途上国支援で連携強化　モディ氏、広島サミット参加―日印首脳会談

　【ニューデリー時事】岸田文雄首相は２０日（日本時間同日）、インドのモディ首相とニューデリーの政府迎賓館で会談した。日本が先進７カ国（Ｇ７）、インドが２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）の今年の議長国を務めることを踏まえ、開発金融や食料安全保障など主に途上国が直面する課題で連携を強めていくことで一致。岸田首相は５月に広島市で開くＧ７首脳会議（サミット）にモディ首相を招待し、承諾を得た。
　会談は昼食会と合わせて計約２時間行われた。
　岸田首相は「グローバルサウス」と呼ばれる南半球を中心とした新興・途上国への支援強化を表明。広島サミットでも主要議題に取り上げる考えを伝えた。モディ首相は共同記者発表で、グローバルサウス諸国の抱える課題について先進国の理解を得ることが「Ｇ２０議長国在任中の重要な柱だ」と語り、日本との協力に期待を示した。（2023/03/20-21:55）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Monday agreed to strengthen their countries' cooperation in the fields of development finance and food security.
   The agreement came as Japan holds the 2023 presidency of the Group of Seven major democracies and India serves as this year's chair of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies.
   At their meeting in New Delhi on the day, Kishida asked Modi to attend the G-7 summit to be held in the western Japan city of Hiroshima in May. The Indian prime minister accepted the invitation. The G-7 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States plus the European Union.
   Kishida announced a plan to enhance Japan's support for emerging and developing economies in the so-called Global South. The two leaders affirmed the importance of an international order based on the rule of law, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's coercive behavior.
   Kishida is visiting India for the second time, after his first trip in March last year. This was the fourth meeting between Kishida and Modi, and the first since they met in September 2022 during the Indian leader's visit to Japan for attending the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.