jurisdiction 復習
岸田外務大臣とロシアのラブロフ外相が東京で会談を行いました。両国は5月上旬にロシアのソチで開かれる首脳会談へ向けて準備を進めることに合意しました。
Prepare environment to promote mutual visits between Abe, Putin
Continuing high-level talks with Russia is essential in order to make progress on the issue of the northern territories. Persistent effort is the key.
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Tokyo on Friday. The two agreed to prepare for a summit meeting in Russia’s southern city of Sochi in early May.
At a joint press conference, Kishida referred to the issue of the northern territories, saying: “We had a positive discussion aimed at formulating a solution acceptable to both sides, which I believe will bring momentum to the negotiations.”
Lavrov responded by saying that Moscow is ready to continue dialogue with Tokyo. Compared with the stubborn attitude he showed after his September meeting with Kishida — Lavrov at that time unilaterally denied that they had even discussed the northern territories at the meeting — we can say that the Russian minister was more flexible this time.
中略
The remarks contradict past agreements between Japan and Russia, such as the 2001 Irkutsk Statement, which states that settling the territorial jurisdiction of the four islands off Hokkaido is a precondition to concluding a peace treaty. Lavrov’s remarks cannot be accepted. Moscow should remember that Putin himself signed the Irkutsk Statement.
以下省略
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002882730
今回取り上げる表現はterritorial jurisdiction です。jurisdictionの意味を知らなかったのですが、前のterritorialと後ろの北方領土から、領土権とあたりをつけ『ライトハウス英和辞典』（第5版 研究社）で調べてみますと「（格式）司法権、裁判権、支配（権）、管轄権（地域）」とありました。LDOCEで調べてみますと、”the right to use an official power to make legal decisions, or the area where this right exists”という意味をもつことがわかりました。権利と聞くとrightsのほうが浮かぶのですが、rightsを引いてみると、こちらは法律上の権利はもちろんですが、道徳上の権利も表すということがわかりました。
記事の内容に戻りますと、territorial（領土の、土地の）jurisdiction（支配権、管轄権）で、やはり領土権となると思われます。
この表現は、過去にも沖縄についての記事で取り上げられております。
jurisdiction - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
難しい問題ですので、平和な解決へと繋がることを祈ります。（aqua）
