Hiroshima [Japan], May 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s in Japan on the invitation of Fumio Kishida to attend the G7 Summit, unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima on Saturday.
After the bust was unveiled, PM Modi paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
Prime Minister Modi arrived in Hiroshima on Friday to attend the G7 Summit on the invitation of Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida.
Speaking to reporters in Hiroshima, after unveiling the bust of Mahatma Gandhi, PM Modi mentioned that even at the moment the world will get frightened once they hearken to the phrase ‘Hiroshima’.
He mentioned, “I got the opportunity to unveil a bust of Mahatma Gandhi during my visit to Japan for the G7 Summit. The bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima will take forward the idea of non-violence.””It is a great moment for me to know that the Bodhi tree that I gifted to the Japanese PM has been planted here in Hiroshima so that people can understand the importance of peace when they come here. I pay my respect to Mahatma Gandhi,” PM Modi added.
The G7 leaders are at present 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 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).
Members of the Indian diaspora in Japan gathered at a lodge in Hiroshima as PM Modi arrived within the metropolis on Friday. They cheered “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram”. They additionally raised slogans hailing PM Modi.
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.
India has been invited as a visitor nation for the G7 summit. The broad phrases of the G7 summit preferences concerning their outreach with the invited visitor nations are nuclear disarmament, financial resilience and financial safety, regional points, local weather and power and meals and well being and growth. (ANI)