日韓関係の重要性変わらず　外相が電話会談

　岩屋毅外相は１１日、韓国の趙兌烈外相と電話会談し、両国関係の重要性は変わらないことを確認した。ロシアとの軍事連携を強化する北朝鮮に対し、日韓、日米韓が緊密に連携して対応することも申し合わせた。日韓外相の会談は、尹錫悦大統領の「非常戒厳」宣言後初めて。
　会談後、岩屋氏は記者団に、趙氏から現在の韓国国内の政治情勢について説明があったことを明らかにした。岩屋氏は「重要なことは、この地域の平和と安定の観点を含め、日韓間で緊密に意思疎通していくことだ」と語った。（2024/12/11-20:46）

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, agreed Wednesday that relations between the two countries remain important.
   Iwaya and Cho held their first talks, by telephone, since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law.
   They also reaffirmed close cooperation between the two countries and between them and the United States in dealing with North Korea, which has stepped up military cooperation with Russia.
   After the phone talks, Iwaya told reporters that Cho explained the current political situation in South Korea. "The important thing is that Japan and South Korea will continue to communicate closely, including on peace and stability in this region," he said.
   Also on Wednesday, senior diplomats from Japan, South Korea and the United States held an Indo-Pacific dialogue meeting in Tokyo and discussed the regional situation, including North Korea's moves. They reaffirmed the need to deepen trilateral cooperation for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.