Nagasaki Mayor lauds Obama's vision of no nukes

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Rajiv Azad

16 November, 2009

On his tour of Asia, Obama delivered a speech in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Friday. His speech focused mainly on US's Asia policy and how to create nuclear free world. The Nagasaki mayor applauded his vision of a nuclear weapon free world.

ALTHOUGH THE sorrow inflicted by the atomic bomb, that was dropped during World War II in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has not subsided even after over 60 years, Nagasaki's mayor applauded President Barrack Obama's vision about Asia and a nuclear free world.

On his official tour of Asia, Obama delivered a speech in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Friday November 13, witnessed by government officials, ministers and many other dignitaries from the world of business and polity. His speech focused mainly on US’s Asia policy and how to create nuclear free world.

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, present at the function, when asked for a comment on Obama’s speech, said "The history of nuclear weapons is based on a history of distrust but today, he called for trust and cooperation among countries, which is exactly the path towards nuclear disarmament."

Near the end of the second world war, America dropped the bomb on the two cities, which claimed more than 260,000 lives in Hiroshima, while Nagasaki lost more than 1,450,000 lives and millions were wounded and handicapped.

On Obama’s visit to Nagasaki, the mayor said “People would welcome Obama with open arms. People in the city will treat him with respect and give him a friendly welcome as someone who is also trying to rid the world of nuclear arms. That friendly welcome will be a message to the world of the trust and cooperation that is needed."