Former foreign ministers and researchers from five nations discuss path for nuclear abolition
Aug. 6, 2014
by Kenichiro Nozaki, Staff Writer
The “Hiroshima Round Table,” a meeting to explore a path toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, with former foreign ministers and researchers from five nations in the Asia-Pacific region, opened at a hotel in the city on August 3. The meeting has been organized by Hiroshima Prefecture. The participants will engage in discussion, with the nuclear disarmament of East Asia as the main theme, until August 4.
A total of 13 experts have gathered for the meeting. They include three former foreign ministers--Gareth Evans, former Australian minister, Han Sung-Joo, former South Korean minister, and Yoriko Kawaguchi, former Japanese minister—as well as a Chinese scholar researching the relationship between the United States and China. Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki addressed the participants, asking them to urge their governments to take action after their discussion of the roles each nation can play to improve the peace and stability of East Asia.
The meeting is the second such gathering organized by Hiroshima Prefecture after crafting the “Hiroshima for Global Peace” plan last year. Apart from the start of the meeting, the discussion took place behind closed doors. An official from the prefecture said that on the first day, the participants discussed the current conditions and challenges involving security issues in East Asia, based on changes globally, including the annexation of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, by Russia.
Following the conclusion of the meeting at noon on August 4, the participants will hold a press conference to report on the results of the gathering. Six people, including Governor Yuzaki, will also outline the meeting at a symposium to be held starting at 3:15 p.m. on August 4 at the International Conference Center Hiroshima.
(Originally published on August 4, 2014)
The “Hiroshima Round Table,” a meeting to explore a path toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, with former foreign ministers and researchers from five nations in the Asia-Pacific region, opened at a hotel in the city on August 3. The meeting has been organized by Hiroshima Prefecture. The participants will engage in discussion, with the nuclear disarmament of East Asia as the main theme, until August 4.
A total of 13 experts have gathered for the meeting. They include three former foreign ministers--Gareth Evans, former Australian minister, Han Sung-Joo, former South Korean minister, and Yoriko Kawaguchi, former Japanese minister—as well as a Chinese scholar researching the relationship between the United States and China. Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki addressed the participants, asking them to urge their governments to take action after their discussion of the roles each nation can play to improve the peace and stability of East Asia.
The meeting is the second such gathering organized by Hiroshima Prefecture after crafting the “Hiroshima for Global Peace” plan last year. Apart from the start of the meeting, the discussion took place behind closed doors. An official from the prefecture said that on the first day, the participants discussed the current conditions and challenges involving security issues in East Asia, based on changes globally, including the annexation of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, by Russia.
Following the conclusion of the meeting at noon on August 4, the participants will hold a press conference to report on the results of the gathering. Six people, including Governor Yuzaki, will also outline the meeting at a symposium to be held starting at 3:15 p.m. on August 4 at the International Conference Center Hiroshima.
(Originally published on August 4, 2014)
