日米比首脳会談へ協力確認　中国念頭、初の次官級協議

　日米比３カ国は２１日、東京都内の外務省飯倉公館で初の次官級協議を行った。米ホワイトハウスで４月１１日に開く３カ国首脳会談に向けた協力を確認。東・南シナ海で覇権主義的動きを強める中国を念頭に、力による一方的な現状変更の試みを許してはならないとの認識を共有した。（2024/03/21-18:34）

Senior officials from Japan, the United States and the Philippines on Thursday vowed to work together ahead of their first-ever trilateral summit next month.
   At their first vice-ministerial-level talks, the three countries shared their determination not to allow any unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force, with China's hegemonic moves in the East and South China seas in mind.
   Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. are scheduled to hold a trilateral summit at the White House on April 11.
   The day's meeting, held at the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, was attended by Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Maria Theresa Lazaro, undersecretary of the Philippine Foreign Affairs Department.
   They agreed to work together to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order based on the rule of law, vowing to boost cooperation in such fields as national security and defense cooperation, including maritime security, and energy security.