India and seven other G7 guest nations’ heads visit Hiroshima A-bomb museum
Japan Times
23-05-22 02:55
Leaders from eight countries not part of the Group of Seven (G7), including India, Australia, Brazil and South Korea, have visited Hiroshima's peace museum and memorial near the site of the world’s first atomic bombing, following a similar visit by the leaders of the G7 countries on Friday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first leader of India, which possesses nuclear weapons, to visit Hiroshima since India tested a nuclear bomb in 1974. India has continued to increase its stockpile of nuclear warheads and is one of just four UN members not to have signed the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The visits come as the Japanese host of the three-day event wishes to make a “world without nuclear weapons” a key theme.