パトリオット輸出を歓迎　米、「日本の安保にも寄与」

　【ワシントン時事】サリバン米大統領補佐官（国家安全保障担当）は２２日、日本政府の地対空誘導弾パトリオットの輸出決定を受け、これを歓迎する声明を発表した。米国の在庫を補充するものだとも指摘した。
　サリバン氏は声明で「この決定は、米軍が自衛隊との緊密な協力の下で抑止力と対処能力を維持することで、日本の安全保障やインド太平洋の平和と安定に寄与するものだ」と説明。さらに「バイデン大統領は岸田文雄首相の下で日本が果たしている指導的役割を高く評価し、支持する」と表明した。（2023/12/23-00:36）

The U.S. government welcomes Japan's decision to export Patriot surface-to-air guided missiles to the United States to replenish U.S. inventories, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement on Friday.
   "This decision will contribute to the security of Japan and to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by ensuring that U.S. forces, in close cooperation with the Japan Self-Defense Forces, will continue to maintain a credible deterrence and response capability," Sullivan said.
   He also said, "President (Joe) Biden strongly appreciates and supports the leadership role played by Japan under Prime Minister (Fumio) Kishida."
   On Friday, the Japanese government revised the country's Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology and the Implementation Guidelines for the principles, lifting its ban on exports of arms and ammunition manufactured under license from foreign companies to their countries, and conditionally to third countries. For the first such shipments, Tokyo decided to export PAC-2 and PAC-3 surface-to-air guided missiles to the United States, as requested by the U.S. side.