米マクドナルド、ウクライナで営業再開　侵攻後初、当面は配達のみ

【キーウＡＦＰ＝時事】米ファストフード大手マクドナルドは２０日、ロシアの侵攻開始以来初めてウクライナの首都キーウで営業を再開した。侵攻は約７か月に及んでいるが、首都の生活が通常の状態に戻りつつあることが示された。（写真はウクライナの首都キーウで営業を再開したマクドナルドの店舗で、商品を受け取る配達員）
　ロシアによる侵攻の影響で、同社は２月２４日以降、ウクライナでの営業を停止していた。
　ＡＦＰ取材班によると、キーウにあるマクドナルドの店舗前には、注文商品を受け取る配達員が列をつくっていた。
　同社は先に、「ウクライナ当局や安全保障の専門家、供給業者らと協議した結果」、まずは配達のみを再開すると発表していた。来月には、３店舗の営業を全面的に再開し、今後段階的にキーウでさらに７店舗を再開した後、西部の他の都市でも展開していく方針。
　営業再開を受け、ウクライナ市民からは、同国への支援を象徴する動きだとして歓迎する声が上がっている。
　マクドナルドは５月、ロシア事業は維持できないだけでなく、自社の価値観にそぐわないとして撤退を発表。ロシア事業をフランチャイズ契約相手だった実業家アレクサンドル・ゴボル氏に売却した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/09/21-13:36）

McDonald's in Kyiv re-opened on Tuesday for the first time since Russia's invasion, a sign that life was returning to normal in the capital after nearly seven months of war.
The US burger chain said in a statement earlier that after talks with Ukrainian officials, security specialists and suppliers it would re-open at first for delivery only.
A queue of delivery company employees formed outside one of restaurants waiting to collect orders on Tuesday.
I think there will be a lot of excitement, one of the delivery men told AFP while sitting on his motorbike.
I'm not going to rest today, added Maksym Khadap, 19, yellow thermal backpack on his shoulders.
A customer said that he came to pick up his order from a deliveryman right outside the restaurant.
I made it to please my girlfriend, she is now at work, and I will bring it to her, 24-year-old Oleksandr Khodarkovskyi told AFP with a smile on his face.
She likes McDonald's a lot, I'm giving her a surprise, he said.
McDonald's suspended operations in Ukraine on February 24 after Russia invaded.
In October, these three restaurants will fully re-open along with McDrive and express windows, the company said in its statement on Monday.
As part of the phased reopening program, seven more stores in Kyiv will open, followed by additional restaurants in the capital and other cities in the west of the country, it added.
With the chain shuttered in Russia, the highly anticipated relaunch was seen by many Ukrainians as a symbolic show of support.
McDonald's earlier this year sold its Russian restaurants to businessman Alexander Govor after announcing a complete exit from the country.
It said continuing to work in Russia was no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald's values.
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