インド太平洋開発で協調＝中国対抗念頭に共同文書－日ＥＵ

　【ブリュッセル時事】安倍晋三首相は２７日午前（日本時間同日午後）、欧州連合（ＥＵ）本部で開かれた「欧州連結性フォーラム」に出席し、インド太平洋やアフリカでの「質の高いインフラ」整備に向け、日ＥＵが協調して取り組んでいくことをうたった共同文書に署名した。巨大経済圏構想「一帯一路」を掲げ、巨額の資金を投じて各国の開発支援を進める中国への対抗が念頭にある。
　共同文書では協調する地域として、インド太平洋などに加え、東欧、中央アジア、西バルカンを列挙。中国が被援助国を借金漬けにしていると批判されていることを踏まえ、「（被援助国の）需要を十分に考慮し、財政能力と債務持続可能性に最大限留意する」と記した。（2019/09/27-17:17）

Japanese and European Union leaders signed a joint document on Friday affirming the two sides' cooperation on promoting quality infrastructure in Africa and other developing regions.
   The Japan-EU partnership on quality infrastructure is apparently aimed at countering China's aggressive financial aid for infrastructure development in the regions under its Belt and Road initiative.
   In particular, the new partnership will cover the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, as well as Africa, according to the bilateral document.
   In the document, Japan and the EU vowed to take into account the needs of their partners in the developing world and to pay "utmost attention to their fiscal capacity and debt-sustainability," at a time when China is criticized for giving excessive loans to developing nations.
   Before signing the document, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a keynote speech in an EU-Asia Connectivity forum meeting at the EU headquarters, highlighting Japan's quality infrastructure initiative.