ロシア復帰、慎重姿勢にじます　林官房長官「Ｇ７の結束重視」

　林芳正官房長官は１４日の記者会見で、トランプ米大統領が提起したロシアの先進７カ国（Ｇ７）復帰について、現状では賛同に消極的な立場をにじませた。「Ｇ７は自由、民主主義、人権、法の支配といった基本的価値を共有するメンバーが具体的な連携・協力を行い、国際情勢への対応で機動的かつ効果的に機能している枠組みだ。わが国はＧ７の結束を重視している」と強調した。
　同時に「米国をはじめとするＧ７メンバーとよく意思疎通をしていきたい」と語った。（2025/02/14-17:17）

The Japanese government on Friday expressed caution over U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to return to the Group of Eight framework by reuniting Russia with the Group of Seven major democracies.
   "We value the bond of the G-7," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stressed at a press conference.
   "The G-7 is a framework that functions quickly and effectively in response to international situations through concrete cooperation among its members, who share basic values such as freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law," the top government spokesman noted.
   "We will continue to communicate closely with G-7 members, including the United States," he added.
   Russia was removed from the G-8 framework in 2014 over its annexation of Crimea in southern Ukraine.