Mr Obama, the first US President to visit the site.
Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) after laying a wreath in front of the cenotaph to offer a prayer for victims of the atomic bombing in 1945 at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016.Obama on May 27 paid moving tribute to victims of the worlds first nuclear attack. (Photo: AFP)
Hiroshima: US President Barack Obama on Friday paid moving tributes to the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack during a historic visit to Hiroshima.
Mr Obama, the first US President to visit the site, said: “71 years ago, death fell from the sky and the world was changed.”
Mr Obama looked somber as he offered the wreath, lowering his head and pausing for a moment with his eyes closed before withdrawing and watching Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lay flowers.
“Why did we come to this place, to Hiroshima? We come to mourn the dead,” he said. “Their souls speak to us, they ask us to look inward, take stock of who we are.”
We listen to a silent cry,” he said.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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