
高市早苗首相は9日、ベトナムのトー・ラム書記長と迎賓館で会談。経済安保、AI、半導体分野での協力強化で合意したほか、南シナ海情勢や防衛装備品の供与、相互の国民拘束通知協定の締結に向けた協議開始を確認した。
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日本とベトナムは経済安全保障や防衛分野での協力を深めている。両国は南シナ海情勢などを念頭に連携を強化している。
高市早苗首相は9日夜、ベトナムのトー・ラム共産党書記長兼国家主席と東京・元赤坂の迎賓館で会談した。両首脳は経済安全保障分野の協力強化を改めて確認し、重要鉱物を巡る具体的な協力案件の形成を加速することで合意。人工知能(AI)・半導体を巡る連携も申し合わせた。
両首脳は会談後に共同声明を発表。共同記者発表で首相は「両国関係を新たな高みに引き上げる」と述べ、ラム氏は「共に歩み、共に未来を築き、互いに利益を得るパートナーだ」と応じた。
会談では中国が覇権主義的行動を重ねる南シナ海情勢や朝鮮半島情勢について意見交換。首相が掲げる進化版「自由で開かれたインド太平洋(FOIP)」構想の実現に向け、協力を深めることで一致した。
両首脳は安保協力の推進も確認。首相は防衛装備品などを同志国に無償で提供する「政府安全保障能力強化支援(OSA)」の枠組みを活用し、国連平和維持活動(PKO)分野の機材をベトナムに早期に供与することを約束した。
両国が自国で逮捕・拘束した相手国民の情報を相互に通知する新協定の締結に向け、予備協議を開始することでも合意。ベトナム産かんきつ類「ポメロ」と日本産ブドウの輸入の相互解禁も申し合わせた。
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日越間での国民拘束通知に関する新協定の予備協議開始
Very likely · Within months

A bipartisan coalition of parliamentarians has compiled a proposal to ensure the status of Self-Defense Forces personnel retiring under the early retirement age system, allowing them to work at the Ministry of Defense and other ministries until the age of 65 if they wish. The bill also includes the creation of a Retired Self-Defense Forces Personnel and Family Support Agency and free medical care.

On the 9th, the Liberal Democratic Party decided to reprimand four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former campaign committee chair Yuko Obuchi, who abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at a plenary session of the House of Representatives. This is the first time that a former prime minister has been punished based on party rules.

On the 9th, the government and ruling party began full-scale consideration of amending laws related to ``active cyber defense'' as a countermeasure against cyber attacks. In order to improve the ability to grasp attacks on Japanese targets, adjustments will be made with a focus on expanding the scope of monitoring to include "domestic" communications. The issue is consistency with the constitutional ``secrecy of communications.''

On the 9th, the Liberal Democratic Party decided to reprimand four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former campaign committee chair Yuko Obuchi, who abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at the plenary session of the House of Representatives. This is the first disciplinary action against a former prime minister based on party rules.

The Liberal Democratic Party's executive branch is expected to decide on the punishment of four members, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who abstained from voting on the consumption tax reduction bill at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 9th. It appears that the party has determined that certain measures are necessary to prevent rebellion within the party.

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