Hiroshima [Japan], May 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden together with G7 leaders on Saturday toured a 1,400-year-old shrine in Hiroshima, Japan, the White House mentioned.
‘President Biden toured the 1,400-year-old Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima with G7 leaders,” The White House tweeted.
The 1,400-year-old shrine is situated on the island of Itsukushima (popularly generally known as Miyajima). It is finest recognized for its “floating” torii gate.
It is situated in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, and is accessible by way of ferry from the mainland.
On Friday, Group of Seven (G7) leaders laid wreaths on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan’s Hiroshima. They additionally planted saplings at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
After laying wreaths on the Hiroshima Memorial, the G7 leaders posed for an image collectively.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Council President Charles Michel, US President Joe Biden, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen posed for the image.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Genbaku Dome) – the one construction left standing within the space, depicting the aftermath the place the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on town on August 6, 1945.
The G7 leaders are presently in Japan to attend the G7 Summit scheduled to be held in Hiroshima from May 19-21. Notably, Japan assumed the G7 Presidency in 2023.
The G7 Summit is a global discussion board held yearly for the leaders of the G7 member states of France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada (so as of rotating presidency), and the European Union (EU).
Notably, the G7 grouping includes Japan, Italy, Canada, France, the US, the UK and Germany. Japan underneath its G7 Presidency has invited leaders from Australia, Brazil, Comoros, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam, in keeping with the assertion.
Moreover, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday additionally departed for Japan to attend the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.
PM Modi in an announcement earlier than his departure, mentioned that he’ll depart for Japan to attend the G7 Summit on the invitation of Japanese PM Fumio Kishida.
He mentioned that his presence on the G7 Summit is especially significant as India this 12 months holds the G20 Presidency. (ANI)