ホワイトハウスNSCのトップ、Matt Pottingerバヌアツとソロモン諸島を訪問。オーストラリア、ニュージーランド、日本にも来たそうだ。
ニュースになってますか?
彼に同行したのがAlexander Gray。NSCにあたらに創設された海洋・インド太平洋安全保障部門の担当。
”The senior director for Asian affairs on the White House National Security Council (NSC), Matt Pottinger, visited Vanuatu and Solomon Islands last week for meetings with top politicians and officials. Mr Pottinger also visited Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
He was accompanied by Alexander Gray, who has just taken on a newly created position of director for Oceania & Indo-Pacific Security at the NSC — another sign of intensifying US focus in the region.”
Alexander Gray
Alexander B. Gray - EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki この人であろうか? ナヴァロの国防アドバイザーをしている。
2006年アーミテージはこんな事言ってたんですよ。
“I’ll freely admit that no Americans understand the South Pacific. And we leave that to you. Be glad to help you in any way you see fit. But we just don’t understand it. Perhaps it’s a good thing we don’t understand it – we keep our meddlesome hands off it and leave it to you.” Armitage R 2006. Answer to questions. Menzies Research Centre, Parliament House, Canberra, 6 November.