Hiroshima mayor praises Obama's 'anti-nuke weapon' comments

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Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba held an impromptu press conference on Monday to praise the speech given by U.S. President Barack Obama in Prague in which he indicated his strong commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons.

The mayor said he plans to request that Obama consider Hiroshima as the site for the international summit meeting on nuclear security that the U.S. president has pledged to hold by next year.

"President Obama said, 'As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act,' defining U.S. responsibility in a historical context." Akiba said of Obama's speech. "The world is gradually turning into one in which denuclearization is possible."


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