石油備蓄、追加放出で合意　原油高で緊急会合―ＩＥＡ

　【パリ時事】日米欧など石油の主要消費国が加盟する国際エネルギー機関（ＩＥＡ、本部パリ）は１日、緊急会合を開催した。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻に伴うエネルギー価格の高騰を受け、加盟国が協調して石油備蓄を追加放出することで合意した。市場に広がっている需給の逼迫（ひっぱく）懸念を和らげ、原油高に一定の歯止めをかけたい考えだ。
　日本からは、萩生田光一経済産業相がオンラインで参加。経産省幹部によると、会合では米国から備蓄石油の追加放出について提案があり、議論の結果、追加放出を実施することで合意した。ただ、放出の規模や、各国の負担割合、実施時期などについては意見がまとまらず、今後ＩＥＡの事務局と各国の間で調整を続けることで一致した。分担割合が決まれば日本政府も協力する。（2022/04/02-00:27）

Member countries of the International Energy Agency agreed on their additional coordinated oil release at an emergency ministerial meeting Friday.
   The move comes in response to soaring energy prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Through the additional oil release, the IEA, made up of major oil consumers including Japan, the United States and European countries, hopes to ease worries about tight global oil markets and curb the rises of crude oil prices.
   Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Hagiuda attended the meeting virtually.
   According to a senior official of the Japanese industry ministry, the United States proposed the additional release of oil reserves at the meeting. Participants discussed the proposal and came to an accord on the coordinated release, but failed to agree on the size and timing of the release, as well as the commitments of each country, the official said.
   The ministers agreed that the secretariat of the IEA will continue to discuss details of the release with each member state, according to the official.