On August 6, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., near the plaque of Peace Covenant placed in Children’s Park of Yerevan, took place a commemoration ceremony dedicated to the victims of nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities.
There delivered a speech H.E. Mr. Eiji Taguchi Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in the Republic of Armenia,
the Chief Adviser of the Mayor of Yerevan Vano Vardanyan
and the Chairman of “Hikari” Center NGO Mrs. Karine Piliposyan.
Then there performed the students of the small choir of “Hikari” center.
After that, there were read peace haikus in Armenian and Japanese in memory of the victims of nuclear bombing and haikus dedicated to the maintenance of peace all over the world.
At the end of the event, the Japanese guests who had arrived from Tokyo the day before, at night read haikus dedicated to peace and in memory of the victims.
Author: H. Muradyan
translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan