米国の同盟相手は「北朝鮮」　ハリス副大統領、韓国で言い間違え

【ソウルＡＦＰ＝時事】韓国を訪問したカマラ・ハリス米副大統領は２９日、「韓国」と言うべきところを「北朝鮮」と言い間違え、米国は北朝鮮と重要な同盟関係にあると述べた。（写真は韓国と北朝鮮の軍事境界線がある板門店で非武装地帯（ＤＭＺ）を視察するハリス氏）
　ハリス氏は日韓歴訪の最後に朝鮮半島を南北に隔てる非武装地帯（ＤＭＺ）を視察。その際の演説の冒頭で「米国は、北朝鮮との同盟という非常に重要な関係を共有している。強固で揺るぎない同盟だ」と述べた。
　ハリス氏は米国の外交政策を覆す失言に気づかなかったようで、そのまま演説を続けた。その後の演説では核武装した北朝鮮に対峙（たいじ）する韓国との同盟関係を再確認した。
　韓国軍は、北朝鮮が２９日に弾道ミサイル２発を発射したと発表した。ハリス氏が韓国をたった数時間後の発射で、１週間足らずで３度目となった。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/09/30-11:45）

A gaffe by Vice President Kamala Harris momentarily turned US policy on its head Thursday when she declared the important alliance with communist North Korea -- instead of South Korea, where she was speaking.
So, the United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring, Harris said Thursday at the start of her speech in the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, where she visited at the end of a tour to Japan and South Korea.
Apparently not noticing her misstep, Harris went on to deliver the rest of the speech, which provided a robust reaffirmation of Washington's alliance with Seoul in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea.
I cannot state enough that the commitment of the United States to the defense of the Republic of Korea is ironclad and that we will do everything in our power to ensure that it has meaning in every way that the words suggest, she said.
This includes our extended deterrence commitment, which is supported by the full range of US military capabilities.
North Korea test fired two ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, Pyongyang's third such launch in less than a week and just hours after Harris left South Korea.