The mayor of Hiroshima, Kazumi Matsui, said that seven decades after the bombing, the proliferation of nuclear weapons posed a growing threat to global security.
Also signing the statement were China, Russia and the US, which were involved in negotiating the agreement with Iran. Iran denies that charge.ĪSEAN includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of the ASEAN countries, along with Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, said the deal would “ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme”, which many believe has been used as a cover for atomic weapons development.
He would “encourage world leaders to get firsthand accounts of the tragic reality of atomic bombings” during next year’s G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Hiroshima.Īs the Hiroshima service was taking place, the 10 members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) and five of their large neighbours endorsed the nuclear deal negotiated last month between Iran and six world powers, including the US. Lanterns are released on the Motoyasu river GuardianĪbe said Japan would submit a new resolution to the UN general assembly this autumn calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
