中国念頭に連携強化　日米比、初の海洋協議

　日米比３カ国は１０日、初めての海洋協議を東京都内で開いた。中国が覇権主義的な動きを強める南シナ海情勢について、力による一方的な現状変更の試みに反対することなどを確認した。フィリピンからの提案を受け、次回協議を同国主催で開催することになった。
　外務省の中村亮・南部アジア部長が議長を務め、米国のラップフーパー国家安全保障会議（ＮＳＣ）上級部長、フィリピンのラザロ外務次官らが参加し、約３時間半行われた。日本からは国家安全保障局、防衛省、海上保安庁の担当者も出席した。（2024/12/10-19:58）

Japan, the United States and the Philippines held their first maritime talks in Tokyo on Tuesday, affirming a policy of opposing any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force in the South China Sea, where China is increasing its hegemonic moves.
   The meeting was chaired by Ryo Nakamura, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, and attended by Mira Rapp-Hooper, senior director of the U.S. National Security Council, and Maria Theresa Lazaro, undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.
   Officials from Japan's National Security Secretariat and Defense Ministry, as well as the Japan Coast Guard, also participated.
   The three countries decided that the next meeting will be hosted by the Philippines, as proposed by the Southeast Asian country.
   In the South China Sea, the Philippines and China are in a fierce dispute over territorial rights. At Tuesday's meeting, Japan and the United States reiterated their support for a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that rejected China's territorial claims.