日米韓次官、北朝鮮の衛星・ミサイル非難　米副長官別荘で親密さ演出

　【ワシントン時事】日米韓３カ国の次官協議が３１日、ワシントン近郊で開かれた。協議を行ったキャンベル米国務副長官ら３氏は共同声明で、最近の北朝鮮による偵察衛星打ち上げや弾道ミサイル発射を非難。東・南シナ海などで覇権主義的行動を強める中国を念頭に、「いかなる一方的な現状変更の試みにも反対する」と訴えた。
　協議はキャンベル氏の別荘で行われ、同氏と外務省の岡野正敬事務次官、韓国外務省の金※（※火ヘンに共）均第１次官が出席した。３氏はくつろいだ雰囲気の中で夕食を共にし、親密な関係を演出した。（2024/06/01-09:26）

Senior Japanese, U.S. and South Korean diplomats met near Washington on Friday and issued a joint statement criticizing North Korea's recent missile and satellite launches.
   Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, "strongly condemned" the launches using ballistic missile technology in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.
   Also on Friday, the Security Council held an emergency meeting on the reclusive country's failed launch of a military reconnaissance satellite on Monday, with many member countries including Japan and the United States condemning the action. However, North Korean representative Kim Song said that his country will openly continue satellite launches.
   During the vice-ministerial talks, held at Campbell's villa, the Japanese, U.S. and South Korean officials shared concerns about deepening ties between North Korea and Russia, including arms transfers from the former to the latter.
   Campbell promised that the United States will strengthen its extended deterrence, including its nuclear umbrella for Japan and South Korea.