日朝会談へ「働き掛け一層強める」　岸田首相、早期実現に意欲

　岸田文雄首相は２６日、東京都内で開かれた北朝鮮による拉致被害者の一括帰国を求める「国民大集会」であいさつし、金正恩朝鮮労働党総書記との首脳会談について「早期の実現に向け、働き掛けを一層強める」と述べた。
　首相は「さまざまなルートを通じた働き掛けを絶えず行い続けている。お互いが大局観に基づき、あらゆる障害を乗り越え、日朝双方のため共に決断することを呼び掛けたい」と強調した。
　北朝鮮が２１日夜に強行した軍事偵察衛星打ち上げを改めて非難した上で「情勢が厳しい中でも、拉致問題の一日も早い解決が必要であることには変わりがない」とも語った。
　拉致問題を担当する松野博一官房長官はあいさつで、会談実現に向け「政府一丸となって努力する」と述べた。（2023/11/26-16:28）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that his country will step up its call on North Korea to hold a summit meeting between the two countries at an early date.
   "We're constantly working through various channels" to hold a Japan-North Korea summit, Kishida said at a rally in Tokyo to seek an immediate return of all Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.
   "I would like to call on both sides to overcome all obstacles and make decisions for both Japan and North Korea based on a broad perspective," he said.
   Kishida reiterated his condemnation of North Korea's launch on Tuesday of a military spy satellite. "There is no change in the need to resolve the abduction issue as soon as possible even amid the severe situation."
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, who is in charge of the abduction issue, said at the rally that the Japanese government will work to realize a summit meeting between Kishida and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.