日米韓協力の事務局設置　首脳会談で「制度化」合意へ

　【リマ時事】サリバン米大統領補佐官（国家安全保障担当）は１４日、ペルーに向かう大統領専用機内で記者団に対し、１５日に行われる日米韓首脳会談で３カ国の連携・協力を推進する事務局の設置で合意すると明らかにした。
　日米韓はこれまで、次官レベルで協議を開き、バイデン政権下で強化してきた協力を「制度化」するための方策を検討。新たな制度的枠組みを設ける方向で調整を進めてきた。
　１期目で同盟関係を軽視したトランプ次期大統領の復権を控え、３カ国連携の先行きには不透明感が漂う。ただ、サリバン氏は日米豪印４カ国の枠組み「クアッド」が政権交代を経ても取り組みを拡大してきたことに触れ、「適切に制度化されれば次期政権下でも存続できると確信している」と強調した。（2024/11/15-09:42）

Japanese, U.S. and South Korean leaders will agree on the establishment of a secretariat for the three-way cooperation when they meet in Peru on Friday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday.
   Sullivan made the remark to reporters on Air Force One on the way to Peru, where leaders from the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will attend a two-day summit from Friday.
   The trilateral meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will be held on the sidelines of the APEC summit.
   The three countries have been discussing at the vice minister level ways to institutionalize the trilateral cooperation strengthened under the Biden administration.
   Uncertainty has grown over the fate of the trilateral cooperation ahead of the return to power of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who made light of security alliances during his first term as president.