Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called his participation in the G7 summit in Hiroshima over the weekend a diplomatic success, saying he has won the understanding of many countries as Russia’s war against his country rages.
“We have an understanding with the world majority on all points important for Ukraine,” including the return of all Russian-held Ukrainian territories and security guarantees, Zelenskyy said in a video message to the Ukrainian people after concluding his visit. two days to Japan until Sunday.
“The world listens to our position,” he said in the video recorded from inside a plane.
As reported by Kyodo Newswhen he visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Sunday, wrote in a guest book: “The threat of the use of nuclear weapons has no place in the modern world.”
His entry, written in Ukrainian, was made public by the Japanese Foreign Ministry and came amid concerns that Russia may use a nuclear weapon in its ongoing war against Ukraine.
The G7 wants to achieve a denuclearized world and support Ukraine
Zelenskyy also wrote in the guest book: “No country in the world should experience so much pain and destruction,” declaring himself “deeply moved” by his visit to the museum.
His visit to the museum, which exposes the destruction caused by the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city in 1945, lasted about 40 minutes. She also met 85-year-old Keiko Ogura, who told her about her experience as an atomic bomb victim.
Along with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Zelenskyy laid flowers at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims and inscribed with a vow never to repeat the tragedy.
He also held separate talks with Kishida, US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders on the sidelines of the summit.