G7 Leaders Advocate for Nuclear Disarmament and Global Stability

The G7 leaders met in Hiroshima and reaffirmed their commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons with undiminished security for all. They called on Russia to recommit to the principles of the Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States and urged China to engage in meaningful dialogue on transparency regarding their nuclear arsenals. The G7 also called for the immediate commencement of long overdue negotiations of a treaty banning the production of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. They reiterated their unwavering commitment to the goal of North Korea’s complete, verifiable, and irreversible abandonment of its nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs.