安保情報の共有強化　岩屋外相、ウクライナ訪問

　岩屋毅外相は１６日（日本時間同）、ロシアの侵攻が続くウクライナを訪問した。シビハ外相と首都キーウ（キエフ）で会談。北朝鮮の兵士派遣を含むロ朝軍事協力に対して懸念を共有し、安全保障分野の情報共有・連携を強化することで一致した。機密情報を共有する「情報保護協定」を締結し、外交・防衛当局者による２国間のハイレベル対話の実施も申し合わせた。
　石破内閣の閣僚がウクライナ入りするのは初めて。同国支援にトランプ次期米大統領が消極的な姿勢を見せ、先行きに不透明さが増す中、寄り添う姿勢を内外にアピールする狙いがある。（2024/11/16-23:05）

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, agreed to strengthen security intelligence sharing between the two countries during a meeting in Kyiv on Saturday.
   Iwaya and Sybiha shared concern about military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, including the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia to assist in its war in Ukraine.
   The two ministers also confirmed that Japan and Ukraine will hold high-level dialogue among foreign and defense officials.
   Iwaya became the first minister in the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office last month, to visit Ukraine.
   During the meeting with Sybiha, Iwaya said Japan will continue its support for Ukraine and keep its sanctions on Russia in place over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.