岸田首相、４月１１日に米議会演説　「強固な同盟」示す

　【ワシントン時事】米議会は４日、岸田文雄首相の訪米に合わせ、４月１１日に上下両院合同会議で演説するよう招請した。ジョンソン下院議長ら指導部は書簡で「現在の世界における脅威は平和と繁栄を脅かし、日米関係をかつてないほど重要なものにしている。国防と民主主義への両国の献身は、安定した未来につながる」と述べた。
　日本の首相の議会演説は故安倍晋三氏以来、９年ぶり。岸田氏は４月１０日にバイデン大統領と会談する。首都ワシントンに滞在後、地方都市訪問も調整している。（2024/03/05-10:48）

The U.S. Congress invited Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday to make a speech in a joint session of the Congress on April 11.
   "The current global threats endanger the peace and prosperity we mutually have worked to establish, making the relationship between our two nations as important as ever," House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders said in a letter.
   "It is our belief that our shared commitment to defense and democracy can lead to a future marked by stability and security," they added.
   This will be the first speech by a Japanese prime minister before the U.S. Congress in nine years, since the one by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   Kishida is set to meet with President Joe Biden on April 10. He is also expected to visit cities other than Washington.