The Russian ambassador to Japan, who was not invited to the Peace Memorial Ceremony to be held in Hiroshima on the 6th, visited Hiroshima on the 4th and laid a wreath at the Atomic Bomb Cenotaph.
Russian Ambassador to Japan Galuzin visited Peace Park in Hiroshima on the morning of the 4th.
Ambassador Galuzin bowed deeply toward the Atomic Bomb Cenotaph as the embassy staff handed over the flowers.
Regarding the Peace Memorial Ceremony held on "Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Day", the organizer, Hiroshima City, used to send invitations to the Russian president and the Russian ambassador to Japan every year. Ambassador to Japan Galuzin rejected the invitation, saying, "It creates a misunderstanding about Japan's attitude towards Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
After laying the wreath, Ambassador to Japan Galuzin told reporters, "I feel once again that the victims of the war crime of dropping the atomic bombs by the United States felt indescribable pain, anguish, and suffering. I would like to clarify Russia's positive and responsible attitude towards the reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, and Russia has no intention of using nuclear weapons in a special military operation in Ukraine." rice field.
Ambassador Galuzin plans to attend a conference on the theme of nuclear disarmament held by the Russian Embassy in Hiroshima.