原爆犠牲者に黙とう　インド下院

　【ニューデリー時事】インド下院は、原爆投下から７９年を迎えた６日、広島と長崎の犠牲者に対して黙とうをささげた。ビルラ議長は「われわれは原爆の拡散を抑制し、世界の平和と調和の確保に取り組んでいる」などと述べ、議員に黙とうを促した。
　在インド日本大使館によると、下院は核兵器廃絶を強く訴えたラジブ・ガンジー政権時の１９８５年からほぼ毎年、犠牲者の追悼のため黙とうを行ってきた。インドは核拡散防止条約（ＮＰＴ）に加盟していないが、事実上の核保有国。今年５月で初の核実験から５０年がたった。（2024/08/06-20:07）

India's lower house of parliament on Tuesday observed a moment of silence for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 in the closing days of World War II.
   Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that India has worked on curbing the spread of atomic bombs to ensure world peace and harmony.
   The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and another on Nagasaki three days later.
   The Lok Sabha has observed a moment of silence in memory of the atomic bomb victims almost every year since 1985, when India was led by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who advocated for the abolition of nuclear weapons, according to the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi.
   India possesses nuclear weapons but is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The country conducted its first nuclear weapons test 50 years ago.