米、飛行再開に理解求める　オスプレイで日本に

　【ワシントン時事】米国防総省のライダー報道官は８日の記者会見で、日本国内での輸送機オスプレイの飛行再開に関して、「われわれが取っている措置に関し、日本に対して透明性を確保している」と強調し、理解を求める考えを示した。日本国内ではオスプレイの安全性に対する懸念が依然根強い。
　ライダー氏は「日米は（飛行再開の）プロセス全体を通じて緊密に連携している」と指摘。「われわれの軍人、同盟国、そして彼らが活動する地域社会の安全は最も重要だ」と述べた。その上で、飛行再開の具体的な時期について「何人もの関係者が（日本側と）連絡を取り合い、日本に出向いた」と説明。「オースティン国防長官は安全対策に自信を持っている」とも語った。（2024/03/09-07:33）

Department of Defense press secretary Pat Ryder sought on Friday Japan's understanding for the U.S. military's decision to resume flights of the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft in the Asian nation.
   The United States has been "very transparent with Japan in terms of the steps that we're taking" to ensure safe Osprey operations, Ryder said at a press conference.
   "The United States and Japan have been in close coordination throughout this entire process at multiple levels, to include the specific timeline on the return of" Osprey operations in Japan, he said. A number of U.S. officials have communicated with Japanese officials and traveled to Japan as part of the process, he added.
   "The safety of our service members, our allies and the communities that they're operating in is of paramount importance to us," Ryder also said.
   Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is confident of the safety of Ospreys, Ryder noted. "I think the secretary is confident in the steps that have been taken" to return the aircraft to flight, Ryder said.