Marshall Islands 捜し出す more U.S. 核の 遺産／遺物 基金s to settle 戦略の 取引，協定
By David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - The 外務大臣 of the Marshall Islands called on Thursday for more U.S. 補償（金） over the 遺産／遺物 of 大規模な U.S. 核の 実験（する）ing to enable the 再開 of a 戦略の 協定 治める／統治するing 二国間の／相互の relations.
Marshall Islanders are still 疫病／悩ますd by health and 環境の 影響s of 67 U.S. 核の 爆弾 実験（する）s from 1946 to 1958, which 含むd "城 Bravo" at Bikini Atoll in 1954 - the largest U.S. 爆弾 ever 爆発させるd.
Jack 広告ing told a U.S. congressional 審理，公聴会 a memorandum of understanding covering 条件 to 延長する his country's Compact of 解放する／自由な 協会 (COFA) with Washington was 調印するd in January without proper 国内の authorization and under 圧力 of a 最終期限 for 傾向 in U.S. 大統領 Joe Biden's 予算.
"There are other 問題／発行するs that needed to 含むd, and 特に, 付加 基金ing for the 核の-影響する／感情d 全住民s," he told the 上院 委員会 on Energy and Natural 資源s.
He said the MOU was 非，不，無-binding and 控訴，上告d to 議会 to direct the Biden 行政 to continue 交渉するing.
The Marshall Islands is one of three 太平洋の island nations covered by COFAs, under which the U.S. has 責任／義務 for their 弁護 and 供給するs 経済的な 援助, while 伸び（る）ing 排除的 接近 to 抱擁する 戦略の 列s of the 太平洋の.
新たにするing the 取引，協定s, which is 支配する to congressional 是認, has become a 重要な part of U.S. 成果／努力s to 押し進める 支援する against 中国's 企て，努力，提案 to 拡大する its 地域の 影響（力）.
Under MOUs agreed this year, the U.S. will commit a total of $7.1 billion over 20 years to the three nations.
In May, the U.S. said it had 完結するd CO FA 条件 with Micronesia and Palau and its 長，指導者 交渉者 Joe Yun said then he hoped to 完全にする a を取り引きする the Marshall Islands in coming weeks. The 経済的な 条件 of its 存在するing COFA 満了する／死ぬ this year.
Last year, more than 100 武器-支配（する）／統制する, 環境の and other 行動主義者 groups 勧めるd the Biden 行政 to 正式に わびる to the Marshall Islands and 供給する fair 補償（金）.
Yun told the 審理，公聴会 he was "puzzled" by the Marshall Islands' position, given the MOU 申し込む／申し出d it $2.3 billion over 20 years and that the 核の 義務／負債 問題／発行する had been settled in the 1980s. He also said the MOU 含む／封じ込めるd $700 million for a 信用 基金 that could be used for 核の-影響する／感情d atolls.
"I have told my Marshalese 同僚s, listen, there is no more money," he said.
Yun said he believed there were 国内の political 問題／発行するs at play in the Marshall Islands, with an 選挙 coming up in November and 噂するs of a no 信用／信任 動議 against 大統領 David Kabua next week.
広告ing 否定するd this and said he was "saddened and disappointed" by the 言及／関連 to his country's 内部の 事件／事情／状勢s. (報告（する）／憶測ing by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Michelle Nichols and John Stonestreet)
