ウクライナ大統領の国会演説調整　オンライン形式など想定―与野党

　ウクライナが日本政府に対し、ゼレンスキー大統領による国会演説を打診していることが分かった。複数の政府・与党関係者が１６日、明らかにした。衆参両院本会議場でのオンラインなどの演説は前例がないが、自民、立憲民主両党の国対委員長が同日会談し、実現を目指す考えで一致。オンラインやビデオ演説が想定されている。
　ゼレンスキー氏は、ロシアの侵攻に対抗するための支援強化を各国議会で訴えており、８日には英国で、１５日にはカナダでそれぞれオンラインで演説した。（2022/03/16-16:49）

Kyiv has approached Tokyo with an offer for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to deliver a speech to the Diet, Japan's parliament, Japanese government and ruling party sources said Wednesday.
   In Japan, no virtual speech has ever been given during a plenary meeting of either chamber of the Diet. In a meeting Wednesday, Diet affairs heads of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed that their parties will strive to make it happen.
   If realized, Zelenskyy is expected to deliver a speech either online or as a video message.
   Zelenskyy, who has been urging countries around the world to bolster their support for Ukraine since Russia began invading it, addressed the British and Canadian parliaments online on March 8 and Tuesday, respectively.
   A senior LDP lawmaker said that Japan is thinking of arranging the speech for as early as next week after the government's fiscal 2022 budget passes the Diet.