Mattarella’s appeal to Hiroshima: "Never more similar tragedies"

Nuclear threats in the world – from Ukraine to Indo -Pacific – are multiplying. Result of poor historical memory, of the impairment of dangerous scores, but also of the ease with which Some nuclear powers They resort to a reckless and belligerent rhetoric, venturing the use of atomic devices. And all this “It’s inadmissible”deplorates the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.

Hiroshima’s appeal

Arrived in Hiroshima, the last stage of his first official visit to Japan, the Head of State chooses an emblematic place in history – the headquarters of Nihon Hidankyothe Association of Survivors to the nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – to launch a heartfelt appeal that goes far beyond the boundaries of the Russian -Ukraine crisis: “That no other people, that no other country, must face similar tragedies, never again!”

After laying a crown of flowers to the memorial, with the mayor of the city, Kazumi MatsuiMattarella gathered together with the Italian delegation to the “Flame of peace”which burns on a stone brazier to remember the commitment to destroy all the arsenals on our planet.

A message of memory and hope

A monument of great symbolic power preceded the words, equally powerful, pronounced after visiting the Museum of Peace and tightened the hand to the president of the Nihon Hidankyo and a Hibazar (Survivor) to the nuclear attacks of 1945. “Dear Hibahusha, thanks for the commitment to keep the memory alive, your teaching is a message of hope”, the president made his debut.

Mattarella reiterated: “The horror you lived must remain unique, tragic, watershed in history, an irreversible caesura in the path of humanity so that the threshold of nuclear annihilation is no longer crossed.”

Condemnation to the bellicist rhetoric

Mattarella urged not to repeat the errors of the past and not to be enchanted by countries that, with their incendiary rhetoric and arms arms, show that they have not learned from history. Made two precise references: theRussian Federationwhich with “irresponsible rhetorical conflict” instilled “the unacceptable idea that nuclear devices can be ordinary tools”; there North Koreawhich continues its nuclear tests, “an unforgivable attitude in this area of ​​the world that has suffered thus”.

The threats of resorting to nuclear devices “are pronounced with disturbing recklessness”, he reiterated, adding that “the destinies of humanity are at stake”.

Italy’s commitment

Italy, Mattarella points out, “firmly condemns these dangerous drifts”, believes in multilateralism and strategic dialogue that “so far has avoided a new nuclear holocaust”. The Italian position is condemned for any use of nuclear power in war and continues to work for the full realization of theArticle VI of the treaty of nuclear non -proliferation. “A nuclear war cannot be won by anyone and must never be fought,” he warned.

Mattarella underlined the consolidation of the partnership between Italy and Japan, countries that, after devastating totalitarian experiences, embraced the values ​​of democracy and free market. “Rome and Tokyo, re -emerged from the horrors of the last century, can do their part to prevent other horrors,” he observed.

Finally, he hoped that the Hibazar Of all conflicts continue to nourish collective memory so that “future generations do not fall into the illusion that the past is a distant shadow, without teachings”.

Last commitment in Japan

Tomorrow the president Mattarella will visit the Shinto Sanctuary Itsukushima before returning to Tokyo and take off for Rome.