An official ceremony was held today at the Hiroshima Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, attended by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. At the same time there were demonstrations outside the Memorial, with people angry about how the G7 had “hijacked” the Hiroshima theme for their own war-like purposes, and calling for an end to the war in Ukraine.
At the official ceremony, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu, delivered a speech by Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in which he warned against the rising danger of nuclear war..
“The drums of nuclear war are beating once again. Mistrust and division are on the rise. The nuclear shadow that loomed over the Cold War has re-emerged. And some countries are recklessly rattling the nuclear saber once again, threatening to use these tools of annihilation,” Guterres said at a memorial event at Hiroshima Peace Memorial on the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, reported TASS.
