
トランプ米大統領は19日、中国の習近平国家主席とロシアのプーチン大統領との3者会談の開催に前向きな姿勢を示し、実現すれば非核化について協議することになると述べ、核軍縮を主要議題にしたい考えを強調した。プーチン氏が来月のAPEC首脳会議に合わせた会談を提案していたと米紙が報じていたことも明らかになった。
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トランプ氏はこれまで、米中ロ3カ国による軍備管理交渉を提唱しているが、核戦力で米ロに劣る中国は、交渉参加に後ろ向きだった。
トランプ米大統領は19日、中国の習近平国家主席、ロシアのプーチン大統領との3者会談の開催に前向きな姿勢を示した。ホワイトハウスで記者団に「(実現すれば)非核化について協議することになるだろう」と述べ、核軍縮を主要議題にしたい考えを強調した。
プーチン氏、米中ロ首脳会談を提案 来月APECで開催模索か
米紙ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルは、11月に中国広東省深センで行われるアジア太平洋経済協力会議(APEC)首脳会議に合わせた開催を念頭に、プーチン氏が会談を提案したと報じていた。
トランプ氏は「習氏が望めば、私も会談する」と語り、中国での開催を示唆した。トランプ氏はこれまで、米中ロ3カ国による軍備管理交渉を提唱しているが、核戦力で米ロに劣る中国は、交渉参加に後ろ向きだ。
プーチン氏は、ウクライナとの紛争終結について3者会談で協議したい意向とされる。ただ、トランプ氏は「(会談は)ウクライナのためというわけではない」と指摘した上で、貿易なども議題になるとの見通しを示した。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
米中ロ3者会談が来月のAPEC首脳会議に合わせて開催される
Possible · Within weeks
会談では核軍縮以外にも貿易などが議題になる
Likely · Within weeks

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