対コロナ、５００億円供与　ビジネス往来の早期再開へ―日・インドネシア首脳

　【ジャカルタ時事】インドネシア・ジャカルタ入りした菅義偉首相は２０日午後（日本時間同）、同国のジョコ大統領とジャカルタ近郊ボゴールの大統領宮殿で会談した。菅氏は新型コロナウイルス感染拡大による同国経済への影響を踏まえ、５００億円の円借款を供与する方針を表明した。両首脳は、短期出張などビジネス関係者らの早期の往来再開に向け調整することで一致。２０１５年以来となる外務・防衛担当閣僚協議（２プラス２）の早期再開を確認した。（2020/10/20-22:26）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday announced a plan to provide Indonesia with soft loans worth 50 billion yen to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
   Suga conveyed the plan during talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bogor near Jakarta.
   The two leaders agreed that Japan and Indonesia will start work on reopening their borders for business travel between the two countries.
   Suga and Widodo also agreed to resume a meeting of the two countries' foreign and defense ministers, which last took place in 2015.
   The leaders confirmed the two nations' continued cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region in an apparent effort to counter China's advances in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.