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Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Asia trip | Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Asia trip |
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Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month - the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945. | |
The visit will be part of an Asian trip from 21-28 May that will also take in Vietnam. | |
The Hiroshima bombing on 6 August 1945 killed 140,000 people. Along with a second bombing on Nagasaki - it is credited with ending World War Two. | The Hiroshima bombing on 6 August 1945 killed 140,000 people. Along with a second bombing on Nagasaki - it is credited with ending World War Two. |
Jimmy Carter has visited Hiroshima, but after the end of his presidency. | Jimmy Carter has visited Hiroshima, but after the end of his presidency. |
A statement from Mr Obama's press secretary read: "The President will make an historic visit to Hiroshima with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing peace and security in a world without nuclear weapons." | |
The White House has ruled out any apology for the bombing. | |
The president's communications adviser, Ben Rhodes, said Mr Obama would "not revisit" the use of the atomic bomb in World War Two but would "offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future". | |
He said Mr Obama would "share his reflections on the significance of the site and the events that occurred there"'. | |
Mr Obama will also take part in the G7 summit in Japan's Ise-Shima peninsula and hold bilateral talks with Mr Abe. | |
Before that Mr Obama will meet Vietnam's leadership and deliver a speech in the capital, Hanoi, on US-Vietnam relations. |