加藤官房長官、拉致解決へ訴え　国連シンポジウム

　日本政府は２９日、北朝鮮による拉致問題に関するオンライン形式の国連シンポジウムを米国などとともに開催した。日本からは、拉致問題担当相を兼務する加藤勝信官房長官や拉致被害者家族会の横田拓也事務局長らが出席。国際社会の理解や協力を訴えた。
　共催したのは日米のほか、オーストラリア、欧州連合（ＥＵ）で、会合は２年ぶり。
　基調発言で加藤氏は「全ての拉致被害者の一日も早い帰国を実現すべく、政府の総力を挙げて最大限の努力を続けていく」と強調。また、「拉致問題の解決、日朝間の実りある関係の樹立に向けて、菅（義偉）首相自身が自ら先頭に立って行動していく決意だ」と述べた。（2021/06/29-21:28）

The Japanese government Tuesday co-hosted an online U.N. symposium on the past abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea to seek understanding and cooperation from the international community.
   The United States, Australia and the European Union were the other co-hosts of the symposium, the first in two years.
   Participants included Takuya Yokota, a brother of key Japanese abductee Megumi and secretary-general of the Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea.
   In a keynote speech, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato pledged the Japanese government's all-out efforts to get all abductees back as early as possible.
   "Prime Minister (Yoshihide) Suga is resolved to spearhead efforts to resolve the abduction issue and establish fruitful relations between Japan and North Korea," said Kato, minister in charge of the abduction issue.