ＮＡＴＯ総長と８日会談　中谷防衛相

　中谷元防衛相は４日の記者会見で、北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）のルッテ事務総長と８日に防衛省で会談すると発表した。ウクライナ情勢や、日本とＮＡＴＯの安全保障協力の強化について話し合う。ルッテ氏は海上自衛隊横須賀基地（神奈川県横須賀市）の視察も予定する。
　中谷氏は「欧州・大西洋とインド太平洋の安保が不可分であるとの認識の下、安保・防衛協力のさらなる進展に向けて具体的な議論を行う」と述べた。ルッテ氏は８～１０日の日程で来日し、石破茂首相とも会談する。（2025/04/04-11:38）

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that he will meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Tuesday.
   They are set to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the strengthening of security cooperation between Japan and NATO.
   Rutte, who will make a three-day visit to Japan from Tuesday, is also scheduled to inspect the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
   "Based on the recognition that the security of the Euro-Atlantic region is inseparable from that of the Indo-Pacific region, we will hold concrete discussions toward further progress in security and defense cooperation," Nakatani told a press conference Friday.
   The NATO secretary-general is slated to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as well during his visit to the Asian country.