
ロシアのプーチン大統領は12日、モスクワでウィットコフ米中東担当特使やトランプ大統領の娘婿クシュナー氏と会談した。ウクライナ和平や欧州の安全保障体制を巡り協議したとみられる。
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米ロおよびウクライナの実務者級協議がUAEのアブダビで開催された。
ロシアのプーチン大統領は12日、モスクワのクレムリン(大統領府)でウィットコフ米中東担当特使、トランプ米大統領の娘婿クシュナー氏と会談した。タス通信が伝えた。ウクライナ和平や欧州の安全保障体制を巡り協議したとみられる。
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ウィットコフ氏らは10、11両日、アラブ首長国連邦(UAE)の首都アブダビで、米ロ、ウクライナの実務者級協議に参加。クシュナー氏は協議の結果を踏まえ、12日にロシアでプーチン氏と、アイルランドでウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領と会うと述べていた。
ロシアのメジンスキー大統領補佐官は11日の協議後、欧州の安保体制が「中心的なテーマ」だったと指摘。米ニュースサイト「アクシオス」によると、米側はロシアに対し、欧州との将来の安全保障協定締結に向けて新たな提案を行うよう求めた。ロシアによる緊張緩和のための措置を盛り込むことが想定されているという。

Reuters reported that senior White House officials are discussing replacing Secretary of Commerce Lutnick. Nvidia CEO Huang has been under fire over his handling of spying allegations, and Lutnick has opposed and postponed imposing export restrictions on companies suspected of smuggling semiconductors to China. There has been growing criticism from Congress over the lack of regulatory measures and Nvidia's oversight of exports to China.

According to Reuters, senior administration officials are discussing whether to replace Secretary of Commerce Lutnick. The US president described Huang as having "done a great job" and insisted that Apple's Chairman Cook was the only one to replace him. Nvidia announced that CEO Huang will step down and that CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO. WSJ reported that the board of directors is preparing to fire CEO Huang.

A group of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors and others held a protest rally in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome on the 12th in response to the government's consideration of exceptions for the introduction of nuclear weapons in the revision of three security-related documents. He appealed to the government to "observe the three non-nuclear principles."

On the 12th, the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Restoration Party, and the Democratic Party of Japan jointly submitted a bill to the House of Representatives to reduce the number of members of the House of Representatives. The mainstay of the bill is a reduction of 31 seats in proportional representation, and the aim is to pass it during the current Diet session. The proportion will be reduced from 176 to 145, and the Chugoku and Shikoku blocks will be combined into a total of 10 blocks. These include stricter reinstatement selection criteria and an increase in the amount of deposit refunds.

A federal judge has ordered a halt to construction on the Arc de Triomphe, which President Trump plans to construct near the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. Relatives of former President Kennedy have also joined the lawsuit, calling for construction to be halted.

On the 12th, the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee held an intensive discussion on Article 9 of the Constitution. The Liberal Democratic Party calls for the necessity of clearly stating the Self-Defense Forces and national defense provisions, while the Japan Restoration Party calls for the deletion of Clause 2 and the creation of a national defense force. The Democratic Party of Japan called for a summary of views within the ruling party, and the Komeito Party proposed explicitly stating democratic control.