日韓、早期に首脳会談を＝両国議連が声明、打開策示せず

　超党派の日韓議員連盟と韓国の韓日議員連盟の合同総会が１日、東京・永田町の衆院議員会館で開かれた。元徴用工問題などで両国関係が悪化した現状を打開するため、安倍晋三首相と文在寅大統領による早期の首脳会談実現を求める共同声明を発表。一方、議連としての具体的な解決策については双方の主張が一致せず、声明に盛り込めなかった。
　声明は両国の懸案として元徴用工問題、輸出管理の厳格化、軍事情報包括保護協定（ＧＳＯＭＩＡ）を挙げ、「首脳会談および高官級会談を早期に開催するよう促す」と明記。日韓議連の河村建夫幹事長（元官房長官）は閉幕後の記者会見で、議連独自の解決策について「徴用工問題などで意見が集約されなかった」と説明した。（2019/11/01-20:58）

Japanese and South Korean lawmakers on Friday called for a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to be held at an early date to repair soured ties between the two East Asian nations.
   The request was included in a joint statement adopted at a meeting in Tokyo the same day between a league of Japanese lawmakers aiming to promote the bilateral friendship and a group of South Korean lawmakers working for the same goal.
   Citing the wartime labor issue, tightened export controls and Seoul's decision to scrap the bilateral General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, as pending problems between the two nations, the statement urged the two governments to hold a bilateral summit and a meeting of senior officials early.
   But the document failed to include specific measures the lawmakers' groups should take to help Tokyo and Seoul mend fences, as they failed to reach agreement.
   At a press conference after the meeting, former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, a senior member of the Japanese league, said that the two sides were unable to come up with a unified view on the series of bilateral problems.