The White House on Wednesday said President Biden will not issue an apology for America’s use of the nuclear bomb to end World War II when he visits the Hiroshima peace memorial this weekend as part of the meetings in Japan of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
“The president won’t be making a statement at the peace memorial park,” he told reporters on Air Force One. “This is him as one of the G-7 leaders coming to pay respects.”
President Barack Obama was the first sitting president to visit the Hiroshima site. He visited the site, gave a speech and met with bombing survivors in May 2016. He did not offer a formal apology.is visiting Japan for a series of meetings with world leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine, deterring China’s aggression and global issues such as clean energy.
‘s engagement with Pacific islands and a major security deal in which the U.S. agreed to supply nuclear submarines to Australia.
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