占領地域の大統領選認めず　上川外相談話、ロシア批判

　上川陽子外相は１９日、ロシアがウクライナ国内の占領地域で大統領選を実施したことについて「ウクライナの主権と領土一体性を侵害するもので、断じて認められない」とする談話を発表した。
　ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻を「国際秩序の根幹を揺るがす暴挙」と断じ、「即時に侵略を停止し、部隊をロシア国内に撤収することを強く求める」と記した。日本として対ロ制裁とウクライナ支援に取り組むことも強調した。（2024/03/19-12:06）

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Tuesday criticized Russia for holding elections, including the recent presidential poll, in the Ukrainian regions that Moscow claims to have annexed.
   Russia's illegal "annexation" of these occupied regions is "a clear violation of international law" and is "inconsistent with relevant U.N. General Assembly resolutions," Kamikawa said in a statement. "Japan once again strongly condemns it as such an act is absolutely unacceptable."
   "It is totally unacceptable" that Russia conducts any elections in the regions in a way that "infringes upon Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," she also said.
   The statement was released after Russian President Vladimir Putin secured a fifth term in the presidential election that ended on Sunday.
   Russia's military aggression against Ukraine is "an outrageous act that shakes the very foundation of the international order," the statement said.