Prime Minister Kishida will leave for the United States on the night of the 31st to attend the Review Conference of the NPT = Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The plan is to explain Japan's efforts to realize a world free of nuclear weapons, and to call on other countries to take constructive measures to maintain and strengthen the NPT regime.
Prime Minister Kishida will depart on the night of the 31st to attend the NPT Review Conference to be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA from the 1st of Japan time.
It will be the first time for a Japanese Prime Minister to attend the NPT Review Conference.
Prime Minister Kishida delivered a speech at the conference, stating that as the situation surrounding nuclear disarmament becomes increasingly severe, with Russia threatening to invade Ukraine with nuclear weapons, Japan will advance realistic efforts toward the realization of a world free of nuclear weapons. I am declaring my policy.
Specifically, in addition to appealing to nuclear-weapon states the importance of continuing to refrain from using nuclear weapons and urging them to improve the transparency of their nuclear arsenals, we will encourage young people from various countries to visit the atomic-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. is expected to announce its intention to contribute funds to create a fund at the United Nations.
With a policy of calling on all countries to take constructive measures to maintain and strengthen the NPT regime, we will increase the momentum for the abolition of nuclear weapons in anticipation of the G7 Summit, which will be held in Hiroshima in May next year. I want to.