The survivors of the World War II atomic bomb in Hiroshima have recalled horrors of the attack and appealed to the Bangladesh foreign minister to “constantly work for peace and harmony” across the world.
Published : 15 May 2018, 10:23 PM
AH Mahmood Ali, on the second day of his Japan trip, visited Yano Orizuru En, a nursing home in Hiroshima, which is taking care of 100 survivors of the holocaust in 1945.
He told them that “Bangladesh is firmly against nuclear weapons and is working closely with Japan in this regard,” the Bangladesh embassy in Japan said.
The Orizuru En authority gave the Bangladesh delegation a tour of the facility while the foreign minister met and talked with the atomic bomb survivors.
After visiting the nursing home, he went to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to pay tribute to the victims of the atomic bomb.
Mahmood Ali laid floral wreathe at the cenotaph of the park.
Earlier, he met the governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture and exchanged views about strengthening cooperation to promote peace.
He is scheduled is return to Bangladesh on Wednesday.