安倍首相「卑劣極まる犯罪」と非難＝サウジ施設攻撃、主体は特定せず－国連演説

　【ニューヨーク時事】米ニューヨークを訪問中の安倍晋三首相は２４日夜（日本時間２５日午前）、国連総会で一般討論演説に臨んだ。首相は今月中旬に発生したサウジアラビアの石油施設への攻撃について「国際経済秩序を人質にする卑劣極まる犯罪だ」と非難。ただ、攻撃主体は特定せず、イランの関与を主張する米欧と一線を画した。
　首相はイランとの友好関係を保ちつつ、米イラン間で独自の仲介努力を続ける考えとみられる。（2019/09/25-11:06）

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized Tuesday recent drone attacks on crude oil facilities in Saudi Arabia as a "contemptible" crime.
   The attacks earlier this month were "an extremely contemptible crime that holds the international economic order hostage," Abe said in Japanese during a speech delivered in the general debate at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
   He, however, did not specify the attacker, distancing himself from the United States and Europe, which have accused Iran of being involved in the attack.
   Abe is believed to continue his own mediating efforts in U.S.-Iran relations, while maintaining Japan's friendly relations with Iran.
   Touching on the remarks of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that his country will not produce, possess or use nuclear weapons, in a bilateral meeting during Abe's trip to Iran in June, Abe said that he considers Khamenei's words "precious."