豪首相、訪日へ　防衛協力で中国けん制―地元紙

　【シドニー時事】１０日付の経済紙オーストラリアン・フィナンシャル・レビューは、豪州のモリソン首相が近く日本を訪問すると報じた。自衛隊と豪州軍の相互訪問を促進する「円滑化協定」に調印する予定という。日豪が防衛協力を強化する姿勢を示し、インド太平洋で海洋進出の動きを強める中国をけん制する狙いがありそうだ。
　モリソン氏にとって今回の訪日は今年初の外国公式訪問。菅義偉首相も日本国内で外国首脳と対面式で会談するのは首相就任後初めてとなる。日豪がいずれも同盟関係にある米国で国際協調をうたうバイデン氏の大統領当選が確実になったことを受け、国際情勢をめぐる意見交換も行われるとみられる。（2020/11/10-07:03）

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will visit Japan sometime soon to sign a new defense pact that would facilitate mutual visits by Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the Australian military, the Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday.
   In Tokyo, Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement that has been under negotiations for six years, according to the report.
   Australia, which has been increasingly vigilant against China's vigorous maritime expansion in the Indo-Pacific region, apparently hopes to display its enhanced defense cooperation with Japan with the aim of containing Beijing's moves.
   For Morrison, it would be the first official overseas trip this year.
   It would be the first time for Suga to meet with a foreign leader in person in Japan since he took office in September.