仏政府とパリ五輪組織委、ロシア選手参加の判断はＩＯＣに一任

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランス政府とパリ五輪・パラリンピックの大会組織委員会は８日、ロシアの五輪参加をめぐる論争を回避し、決定は国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）の責任であると述べた。（写真は資料写真）
　組織委のトニー・エスタンゲ会長はこの日、「ロシア代表のパリ五輪参加を認めるかどうかは、最終的にＩＯＣの判断に委ねられる」とコメント。一方で、オリビエ・ベラン政府報道官は、ＩＯＣが「夏までに決断を下さなければならない」とした上で、「まだＩＯＣと正式に合意した見解はない。国際協力が進むのを待つ」と続けた。
　前日にはパリのアンヌ・イダルゴ市長が、ロシア選手の出場に反対する考えを表明。ウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領が、フランスのエマニュエル・マクロン大統領に、パリ五輪からロシア選手を追放するよう求めた動きにイダルゴ氏も同調している。
　ＩＯＣは、「中立旗」の下でロシア選手の参加を認める可能性を「検討中」だと述べている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/02/09-17:06）

The French government and the 2024 Olympic organisers on Wednesday sidestepped the row over Russian participation at the Games, a day after Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo called for a ban over the war in Ukraine.
Hidalgo echoed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who urged his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to ban Russians from the next Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it is studying the possibility of allowing Russians to participate, under a neutral banner.
On Wednesday, French government spokesman Olivier Veran and Paris Organising Committee president Tony Estanguet said the decision was the responsibility of the IOC.
Veran told a press briefing that a decision must be taken by the summer by the IOC.
No position has been formally agreed with the IOC yet, he said. I will wait for international cooperation to take its course.
However, he did not rule out an exclusion, speaking of the steadfast wish of France that every possible sanction be applied fully and entirely.
Meanwhile at a press conference to unveil the look of the Paris Games, Estanguet said: It's up to the IOC to ultimately decide whether the Russian delegation will be allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics.
Paris deputy mayor Emmanuel Gregoire, attending the Olympic event, said Hidalgo had expressed very clearly... the view of many countries, of many sports federations on Tuesday when she called for a ban while the war continues in Ukraine.
It is an incitement to peace that everyone must hear, Gregoire said.
The IOC has said the decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Paris Olympics rests with international sporting federations.
Russians took part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and last year's Beijing Winter Games under a neutral flag due to sanctions imposed over doping violations.