Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper

Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper

Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong (C) speaks at a meeting of the committee on disarmament, part of the review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, at United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 15, 2015. At the same meeting, Japan called for the return of language referring to possible visits by leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the outcome document of the review conference after it was removed from a draft paper at China's insistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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