軍事情報協定「失効させるな」　米軍トップ、韓国に要求

　米軍制服組トップのミリー統合参謀本部議長は１３日、東京都内で一部記者団と会見し、韓国政府が破棄を通告した日韓軍事情報包括保護協定（ＧＳＯＭＩＡ）について「『失効させるな。引き続き更新することがあなた方の利益になる』というのが、韓国に対するメッセージだ」と述べた。２３日午前０時の失効を避けるよう韓国に求める立場を明確にした形だ。
　ミリー氏は１３日から韓国を訪問。やはり週内に韓国入りするエスパー国防長官とともに、韓国政府・軍に協定延長を直接働き掛ける方針だ。
　ミリー氏は「失効により利益を得るのは北朝鮮と中国、そして恐らくロシアだけだ」と指摘。「日韓を仲たがいさせることは中朝の戦略的利益にかなう。協定をめぐる問題は、（日韓に）くさびを打ち込むために中朝が利用するものの一つだ」と警鐘を鳴らした。（2019/11/13-14:11）

Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer, urged South Korea on Wednesday to maintain its military information-sharing agreement with Japan.
   "My message to South Korea is don't let it (the pact) expire," Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Tokyo. "It's in your interest to continue to renew it."
   South Korea has decided to scrap the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, with Japan. The agreement is due to expire on Nov. 22.
   During his visit to South Korea from Wednesday, Milley plans to call on government and military officials there to maintain the agreement. He will make the request jointly with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who is also visiting the country later this week.
   Only North Korea, China and maybe Russia benefit from letting GSOMIA expire, Milley said, warning that it is in their interest to drive a wedge between Japan and South Korea, the United States and South Korea, and Japan and the United States. The pact is "one of the issues that plays into North Korean and Chinese hands in order to drive that wedge," he said.