UN Secretary General Guterres did not mention the United States in his speech on the bombing of Hiroshima

On August 6, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his speech marking the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, did not mention the United States as the country that dropped the atomic bomb on the cities.

At the same time, Guterres said that only peaceful coexistence and the memory of the tragic events in Japan can make politicians look at nuclear weapons differently.

"The city of Hiroshima will continue to be a place where everyone can experience the culture of peace. And if the "culture of peace" created on the basis of the spirit of mutual assistance of our predecessors, including those who survived the atomic bombing, spreads beyond national borders, it will certainly encourage politicians to change their policy based on nuclear deterrence," Guterres added.

The message was read out in Japanese by Deputy UN Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu at a ceremony dedicated to the memory of those killed in the bombing. He also did not name the United States as a country that influenced the tragedies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Earlier in the day, Gunnar Lindemann, deputy of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, called on the world to learn lessons from what happened. Lindemann stressed that modern nuclear weapons are currently particularly dangerous. The deputy also drew attention to new provocations by the United States.

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