中国外相、月内来日見送り　日程調整付かず

　中国の王毅国務委員兼外相の来日が１１月以降にずれ込む見通しとなった。日本政府関係者が１２日、明らかにした。当初は６日の日米豪印４カ国外相会合後の１０月上旬にも来日し、菅義偉首相や茂木敏充外相と会談する段取りを描いていたが、日程の調整が付かなかった。
　王氏来日は中国側が打診。日本側も前向きに検討する考えを伝えていた。しかし、菅首相が１０月中旬にベトナムとインドネシアを訪問する計画が浮上し、中国外務省も王氏が１１～１５日の日程で東南アジア４カ国を歴訪すると発表した。下旬には中国共産党の重要行事が控えており、日本政府関係者は１２日、「（王氏は）１０月には来ない」と語った。（2020/10/12-16:21）

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is now unlikely to visit Japan this month, it was learned Monday.
   Wang was initially expected to visit Japan for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, early this month at the earliest after a meeting last Tuesday in Tokyo of the Japanese, U.S., Australian and Indian foreign ministers.
   The Chinese side proposed Wang's Japan visit, and the Japanese side indicated that it would positively consider the matter.
   More recently, however, there has emerged a plan for Suga to visit Vietnam and Indonesia in mid-October, while China has announced that Wang would visit four Southeast Asian countries for five days through Thursday.
   With a key Communist Party of China event set for late this month, Wang "won't come (to Japan) in October," a Japanese government source said.