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Indonesia calls for the international community to make concrete efforts and to create a world free of nuclear weapons. The statement was affirmed by Indonesian Ambassador to Japan and the Federated States of Micronesia, Heri Akhmadi in Tokyo, Sunday (7/8), regarding the 77th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima City on August 6, 1945. He also stated that the international community should refrain from acting, which is not conducive, namely the launch of nuclear weapons.

Ambassador Heri Akhmadi further explained that as one of the countries that signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty of nuclear weapons (NPT), Indonesia calls for the United Nations to be more intense in warning about the humanitarian and environmental consequences if world countries do not comply with the NPT.

The NPT is an agreement among countries that have nuclear weapons not to help other countries produce these weapons. This treaty strengthens the nuclear weapons states (NWS) and non-nuclear weapons states (NNWS), designated by the treaty to prevent further proliferation, promote cooperation in the fields of peace, use of nuclear technology, and work towards disarmament.

The 77th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb was held at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Saturday (6/8). The commemoration was attended by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, Governor Yuzaki Hidehiko, and Mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui, as well as representatives of more than 100 foreign representatives in Japan. About 1,000 people thronged the Peace Memorial complex for the commemoration, which was held under strict health protocols.