Aegis Asshore deployment halted Defense Minister tells LDP Akita Prefectural Government Chen Xie June 18 20:22
Following the suspension of the deployment plan for the new interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore", Defense Minister Kono met with an executive of the Akita Prefectural Liberal Democratic Party, saying, "I would like to apologize again for the annoyance to the people of the prefecture," and Chen Xie. Did.
Regarding the "Aegis Ashore" for which the deployment plan had been suspended, the Ministry of Defense showed a training field for the Self-Defense Force in Akita Prefecture as one of the candidate sites. I had a meeting with an executive of the Akita prefecture.
Among them, Deputy Secretary-General Kaneda, who serves as the chairman of the prefectural federation, said, "Everyone thinks that "the blank sheet has been withdrawn." Said. In response, Minister Kono said, "I apologize again for the inconvenience of the deployment, and I apologize for the inconvenience caused to the people of Akita Prefecture." I told you to explain directly to Governor Satake and others about the suspension.
Minister Kono also indicated that he would like to start the examination of the suspension of the deployment plan and the future response accompanying it at the NSC = National Security Council later this month.