Representatives of Russia will not be invited to the memorial ceremony in Hiroshima

Memorial to the victims of the American atomic bombing in Hiroshima. File photoTOKYO, May 25.Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin confirmed that the authorities of the Japanese city of Hiroshima would not invite representatives of the Russian Federation to the annual ceremony in memory of the victims of the atomic bombing. another evidence that the leadership of the Japanese movement, which calls itself anti-nuclear, in fact, once again turned its back on the memory of tens of thousands of its fellow citizens who became innocent victims of the barbaric atomic bombing perpetrated by the United States of America in August 1945,» he said in a statement. posted on the Embassy's Facebook page*.The British remembered the United States of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the accusations against Russia, Galuzin added that «every time in the past, attending the mentioned ceremony, I caught myself thinking that it is simply impossible to understand from Japanese speeches which country committed this monstrous massacre of civilians.» “Here they obviously don’t want to remember this, apparently understanding their allied duty to Washington in this way. this does not in the least concern the local supposedly anti-nuclear experts. But in every way, tales about Moscow's mythical intention to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine are shamelessly circulated. Now they have also «cancelled» Russia at their main event, «the diplomat notes. The Russian ambassador recalled that it was on the initiative The Russian Federation «extended the Russian-American treaty on measures to further reduce and limit strategic offensive (START III)», and it was Russia that ensured «the confirmation by the entire nuclear five» of the fundamentally important understanding that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should not be unleashed», and it is Russia that is «a pioneer in the field of peaceful nuclear power leaders and ambassadors from all countries are usually invited to the annual commemoration of the victims of the atomic bombings in Japan. This year, according to the admission of one of the organizers from the Hiroshima city hall to the Kyodo agency, there were plans to send an invitation to the Russian president, but at the insistence of the government they decided not to do this. The Belarusian ambassador will also not receive an invitation. As expected, 3550 invited guests will take part in the ceremony this summer, which will be held on the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city on August 6. * Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/956b9b6ab2ab46e1fc921302e7229719.jpg" />Media: Kishida told Biden that the 2023 G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima