2023.05.21 20:31Nation

G7声明、異例の前倒し ゼレンスキー氏出席影響か―広島サミット

 先進7カ国首脳会議(G7広島サミット)は21日の最終日を待たず、20日に首脳声明を採択した。前倒しで発出するのは異例。21日はウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領が討議に対面出席したため、核軍縮などの「成果」に対する関心の低下を避ける狙いもあったとみられる。
 磯崎仁彦官房副長官は20日深夜、記者団に「G7首脳のみによる討議が終了したので発表した」と説明した。だが、英文の声明が20日午後3時半すぎに公表されたのに対し、日本語による「仮訳」の発表は21日午前8時すぎだった。
 日本政府関係者は、イタリアのメローニ首相が同国北部の豪雨被害を理由に急きょ帰国する可能性があったためだとも指摘した。実際、メローニ氏は21日の討議を欠席した。(2023/05/21-20:31)

2023.05.21 20:31Nation

G-7 Leaders Release Communique Day Early, in Rare Move


Leaders of the Group of Seven major powers released the Hiroshima Leaders' Communique a day before the conclusion of their three-day summit Sunday, though such documents are usually issued on the last day.
   Japan, this year's G-7 president, moved up the release to Saturday in an apparent attempt to prevent the outcome of the summit, including on nuclear disarmament, from being overshadowed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's in-person participation in a G-7 session on the last day.
   Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki told reporters late Saturday that the communique was released following the end of all sessions attended exclusively by G-7 leaders.
   But the provisional Japanese translation of the document was released only after 8 a.m. Sunday (11 p.m. Saturday GMT), while the English version was made available shortly past 3:30 p.m. the day before.
   Japanese government sources said that a reason for the decision to release the communique early was the possibility of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni having to leave Japan early to deal with a crisis caused by torrential rains in the northern region of her country. Meloni was absent from G-7 sessions Sunday.

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