岸田首相、退陣直前に訪米へ　来月下旬、国連総会で演説

　岸田文雄首相は、退陣直前の９月下旬に米ニューヨークを訪れ、国連総会で一般討論演説を行う方向で調整に入った。自民党総裁選（９月１２日告示、２７日投開票）への不出馬を表明した首相にとって、在任中の最後の外国訪問となる見通し。政府関係者が２０日、明らかにした。
　各国首脳らによる一般討論演説は、９月２４日から始まる。総裁選の時期と重なるが、首相周辺は「外交は積み重ねだ」と現地訪問の意義を強調した。
　滞在中、１１月の米大統領選から撤退したバイデン大統領ら各国首脳との会談を調整。日本、米国、オーストラリア、インド４カ国の枠組み「クアッド」首脳会議や、核兵器用核分裂性物質生産禁止条約（ＦＭＣＴ）の交渉開始に向けた友好国とのハイレベル会合も予定している。（2024/08/20-16:11）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering traveling to New York late next month, just before he steps down, to deliver a speech before the U.N. General Assembly, government officials said Tuesday.
   The visit is expected to be Kishida's final overseas trip while in office as he last week announced a decision not to seek re-election in the Sept. 27 leadership election for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   While in New York, Kishida is expected to hold bilateral meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden and other global leaders.
   Kishida is also likely to attend a summit of the Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India, and a high-level meeting on a proposed Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty, which would ban production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium.
   Kishida's immediate predecessor, Yoshihide Suga, visited Washington in September 2021 to attend a Quad summit just after announcing his intention to step down.