日韓首脳対話、「明るい兆候」＝韓国に情報協定維持要請か―米次官補

　【ソウル時事】訪韓したスティルウェル米国務次官補（東アジア・太平洋担当）は６日、ソウルの韓国外務省で康京和外相と会談した。スティルウェル氏は会談後、記者団に対し、バンコクでの安倍晋三首相と文在寅大統領の対話について、「明るい兆候だ」と述べ、関係改善への動きとみていると語った。
　スティルウェル氏は康氏と、北朝鮮の核問題を議論したほか、２３日午前０時に失効する日韓軍事情報包括保護協定（ＧＳＯＭＩＡ）について協定維持を強く働き掛けたとみられる。ただ、ＧＳＯＭＩＡを議論したかとの質問には答えなかった。（2019/11/06-11:16）

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell welcomed Wednesday the brief meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday as "an encouraging sign."
   "We are very encouraged...to note that President Moon and Prime Minister Abe had the opportunity to talk," Stilwell said. "And that's an encouraging sign."
   Stilwell, in charge of East Asian and Pacific affairs, made the comment to the press after meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha in Seoul.
   Stilwell and Kang are believed to have discussed the issue of North Korean nuclear weapons, as well as Seoul's decision to scrap a military information-sharing pact with Japan. The General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, is slated to expire at midnight on Nov. 22, and Stilwell is thought to have called on Kang to renew the agreement.
   However, the U.S. assistant secretary did not respond to a press question on whether the two discussed the pact.