ＮＰＴ会議成功へ貢献　岸田首相、林外相の派遣検討

　岸田文雄首相は１４日の衆院予算委員会で、来年１月の核拡散防止条約（ＮＰＴ）再検討会議について「成功に向けてわが国としてしっかり貢献したい」と表明した。立憲民主党の岡田克也氏への答弁。首相は２０１５年の同会議に外相として出席した経緯があり、今回は林芳正外相の派遣を検討している。
　首相は核廃絶のプロセスについて「核兵器国を動かさないと現実は一歩も動かない」と強調。早期実現を目指す日米首脳会談に触れ、「バイデン大統領との間で、核兵器のない世界を目指すという観点から信頼関係をつくる」と述べた。（2021/12/14-16:52）

Japan hopes to contribute to the success of a review conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, or NPT, next January, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
   The Japanese government is considering sending Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to the conference, as Kishida attended an NPT meeting in 2015 as foreign minister.
   On the nuclear abolition process, Kishida told a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, "The reality won't change unless we persuade nuclear powers to act."
   Touching on a proposed early summit meeting between Japan and the United States, Kishida said that he aims to build trust with U.S. President Joe Biden to create a world without nuclear weapons.
   On Japan's possible participation in a meeting of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons next March as an observer, Kishida reiterated a wary stance.