菅首相、サミットへ１０日出発

　加藤勝信官房長官は８日の記者会見で、菅義偉首相が先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）に出席するため１０～１４日の日程で英国を訪れると発表した。加藤氏は「新型コロナ対策、国際保健、世界経済、自由貿易、気候変動、地域情勢といった重要課題について積極的にＧ７の議論に貢献していく」と述べた。
　サミットは１１～１３日に英南西部コーンウォールで実施。首相のサミット出席は就任後初めてで、東京五輪・パラリンピック開催に向けた決意を示す方針。首相は滞在中、バイデン米大統領やジョンソン英首相らとの個別会談も行う方向で調整している。（2021/06/08-11:05）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit Britain for five days from Thursday to attend a summit of the Group of Seven major industrial nations, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Tuesday.
   Suga "will proactively contribute to G-7 discussions on such key issues as measures against the novel coronavirus crisis, international health, the global economy, free trade, climate change and regional situations," Kato said.
   The G-7 summit will be held in Cornwall, southwestern Britain, for three days from Friday.
   It will be the first time for Suga to attend a G-7 summit since he took office in September 2020.
   At the summit meeting, he is expected to show his government's resolve to hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer after a one-year delay caused by the pandemic.