核物質禁止条約、交渉開始で協力　「友好国」会合を初開催―岸田首相

　【ニューヨーク時事】岸田文雄首相は２３日（日本時間２４日）、核兵器用核分裂性物質生産禁止条約（ＦＭＣＴ）の交渉開始に向け、友好国とのハイレベル会合を米ニューヨークで初開催した。終了後の共同報道発表は、ＦＭＣＴについて「核軍縮と不拡散の取り組みに大きく貢献する」と意義を強調。会合の参加国で「交渉の即時開始へ緊密に協力する」と打ち出した。
　ＦＭＣＴは、核兵器用の高濃縮ウランやプルトニウムなどの生産を禁止するもの。会合には、核保有国の米英仏を含む１２カ国の外相らが参加した。
　会合で、首相は「今こそ、交渉開始のための強い政治的な意志が必要とされている」と指摘。その上で「交渉の早期開始に向けたモメンタム（機運）を生み出すことが核拡散防止条約（ＮＰＴ）体制の維持・強化につながる」と訴えた。（2024/09/24-06:44）

Japan and 11 other countries on Monday agreed to work together to launch negotiations immediately on a proposed treaty banning the production of fissile materials, including highly enriched uranium and plutonium, for nuclear weapons.
   A Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty will significantly contribute to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, high-level representatives from the 12 countries, including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, said in a joint statement after a meeting in New York.
   "A non-discriminatory, multilateral and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices would represent a significant practical contribution to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation efforts," the statement said.
   "The participants confirmed that they would work closely together...for the immediate commencement of negotiations on an FMCT," the statement said. The 12 countries included three nuclear powers--the United States, Britain and France.
   Kishida told the meeting that a strong political will is needed to start FMCT negotiations. Creating a momentum for an early start of the negotiations will help to maintain and strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty regime, he said.