Tokyo [Japan], August 6 (ANI): India’s Ambassador to Japan, Nagma Mallick, paid floral tributes to the victims of the atomic bombing on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday, marking the 81st anniversary of the tragedy.
The Indian diplomat joined the diplomatic neighborhood in Japan at a reception organised for attendees of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, the place she interacted with Hiroshima Governor Mika Yokota and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui.
In a separate solemn ceremony, Ambassador Mallick, accompanied by Mayor Matsui, Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly Chairman Takashi Nakamoto, and Hiroshima Japan-India Association President Kazuhisa Matsumoto, laid a wreath on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
Sharing particulars of the occasion on X, the Indian Embassy in Japan said, ‘Ambassador’s Visit to Hiroshima. Ambassador Mallick, along with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly Chairman Takashi Nakamoto, and Hiroshima Japan-India Association President Kazuhisa Matsumoto, laid a wreath on the statue of Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi). We lengthen our heartfelt gratitude to all members of the Indian neighborhood in Japan who participated, and to everybody who helps India.’
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The commemorative occasions passed off on the anniversary of August 6, 1945, when the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a uranium bomb over Hiroshima through the closing phases of the Second World War, inflicting an estimated 140,000 fatalities by the tip of that yr.
Addressing the gathering through the annual memorial service, Hiroshima Mayor Matsui issued a stern name to international powers relating to nuclear non-proliferation.
Reading out the Peace Declaration, Mayor Matsui mentioned, ‘Downplaying the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and accepting using power to pursue one’s personal prosperity dangers cycles of violent retaliation that would finally lead to one other Hiroshima or Nagasaki.’
Japan’s Kyodo News reported that town of Hiroshima pressed the worldwide neighborhood for the overall elimination of nuclear armaments, criticising their deployment as ‘instruments of intimidation’ in armed battle and highlighting how ‘imperious actions by main powers’ breach worldwide regulation.
A solemn silence was noticed throughout town at 8:15 am (native time), marking the exact second the nuclear bomb was detonated over Hiroshima 81 years in the past, Kyodo News added.
According to the Japanese news company, practically 50,000 attendees gathered on the Peace Memorial Park to honour the deceased, with official delegations from 121 nations and the European Union participating within the solemn proceedings. (ANI)