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> Canada has "work to do" beyond defence policy update to meet military needs: Bill Blair | FULL
Translation; Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair was on alert to nearing Russo-N. Korea and showed intention to cooperate with Japan and S. Korea
>"カナダ国防相、対日韓協力に意欲 露朝接近を警戒"
> カナダのブレア国防相は13日、訪問先の米ワシントンで国防専門記者団との会合に参加し、インド太平洋地域で日本や韓国との協力強化に意欲を示した。
> 北朝鮮がロシアに提供した武器がウクライナで使われているとして、両国の接近を警戒した。
On May 13, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair participated in a meeting with defense journalists in Washington DC, the U.S., and showed an intention to upgrade cooperation with Japan and S. Korea in the Indo-Pacific region.
He was on alert the nearing of the two countries, saying that weapons provided by N. Korea to Russia were being used in Ukraine.
> ブレア氏は、インド太平洋でカナダの存在感を高め、２国間や多国間の連携を推進する必要があると強調した。
> 日韓両国とは価値観を共有しており「絆をより強固にする絶好のチャンスだ」と期待を示し、両国の高官と「有益な話し合いをしている」と語った。
DM Blair emphasized the need to increase Canada's presence in the Indo-Pacific and promote bilateral and multilateral collaboration.
He said that (Canada) shared sense of values with Japan and S. Korea and expressed an expectation that "This is a great opportunity to further strengthen our ties," and said to have been "having useful talks" with senior officials from both countries.
> カナダ軍は、台湾に軍事圧力を強める中国をけん制するため、米軍と台湾海峡を通過する作戦を実施しており「今後も続ける」と述べた。
> これに先立ちブレア氏はオースティン米国防長官と国防総省で会談し、米カナダの防衛組織、北米航空宇宙防衛司令部（NORAD）の近代化などで意見を交わした。
The Canadian forces has been conducting operations to cross the Taiwan Strait with the U.S. Forces in order to check China, which is increasing military pressure on Taiwan, and said that "We will continue to do so."
In prior to that, DM Blair held a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III at the Pentagon, and exchanged views on such as modernization of the U.S. and Canadian defense organizations, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
