米国務長官、岸田首相に弔意伝達　安倍氏遺族へ大統領書簡

　岸田文雄首相は１１日、ブリンケン米国務長官と首相官邸で会談した。ブリンケン氏は参院選の街頭演説中に撃たれて死亡した安倍晋三元首相への弔意を伝達。バイデン米大統領から遺族に宛てた書簡を手渡した。
　ブリンケン氏は会談で「安倍氏は『自由で開かれたインド太平洋』という先見性あるビジョンを掲げた」と指摘。首相は「安倍氏の遺志を継いで日米同盟のさらなる強化に努めたい」と語った。
　会談後、ブリンケン氏は記者団に「安倍氏は在任中、日米関係を新たな高みに押し上げるため、他の誰より尽力した」と振り返り、「大統領と米国民からのお悔やみを伝えた。米国民は日本国民と同じように喪失感を抱いている」と説明した。（2022/07/11-12:25）

Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday, conveying his condolences over former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's death.
   Blinken also handed Kishida a letter from U.S. President Joe Biden for the bereaved family of Abe, who was gunned down during a stump speech on Friday.
   "In his time in office, Prime Minister Abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between the United States and Japan to new heights," Blinken told reporters after his meeting with Kishida at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.
   "President Biden asked me to come to Tokyo to extend personally his condolences and condolences of the American people on the passing" of the former prime minister, Blinken said, adding, "The American people feel the sense of loss along with the people of Japan."
   "Mostly, I'm here because the United States and Japan are more than allies. We're friends," Blinken said. "When one friend is hurting, the other friend shows up."