日ロ局長が会談　ウクライナ侵攻後２回目―モスクワ

　モスクワを訪れた外務省の北川克郎欧州局長は１３日、ロシア外務省でボロビヨワ・アジア第３局長と会談した。２０２２年のロシアによるウクライナ侵攻後、外務省の局長が訪ロするのは、今年６月の中込正志欧州局長（当時）に続いて２回目で、対話の維持を確認した形だ。
　在ロシア日本大使館によると、北川氏は侵攻の即時停止を改めて要求した上で、北方領土を巡って元島民の墓参や周辺海域の日本漁船操業の早期再開を働き掛けた。ロシア外務省によれば、ボロビヨワ氏は日ロ関係について「岸田政権の近視眼的な敵視政策により前例のない低水準に悪化した」と述べ、対ロ制裁に反発した。（2024/09/14-08:01）

Katsuro Kitagawa, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, held talks in Moscow on Friday with Lyudmila Vorobyova, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third Asian Department.
   Kitagawa was the second head of the bureau to visit Russia since the Russia-Ukraine war began in 2022. His predecessor, Masashi Nakagome, visited Russia in June this year.
   According to the Japanese Embassy in Russia, Kitagawa reiterated Japan's demand that Russia immediately stop its invasion of Ukraine.
   Regarding Japan's Northern Territories, or four islands currently controlled by Russia, the Japanese official called for the early resumption of grave visits by former Japanese islanders and operations by Japanese fishing boats in waters around the islands.
   Meanwhile, Vorobyova claimed that relations between the two countries have worsened to an unprecedented level due to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's short-sighted hostile policy toward Russia, according to the Russian ministry.