Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offers a wreath at a ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9, 2021. (Mainichi/ Yoshiyuki Hirakawa)

       NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- The following is the gist of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's speech at a ceremony in Nagasaki on Monday to mark the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

       Suga says:

       -- Japan to maintain its three non-nuclear principles and do its utmost to realize a world without nuclear weapons.

       -- Japan, as the only country to have suffered atomic bombings, has a mission to lead the world's efforts toward the realization of a world free of nuclear arms.

       -- nations need to work to remove mistrust and find common ground through mutual engagement and dialogue, amid the current harsh security environment and divergent opinions on nuclear disarmament.

       -- Japan to contribute to making the next Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference fruitful by endeavoring to find concrete measures countries can work on together.

       -- the government remains determined to pass on the memory of the horrors of nuclear weapons in cooperation with atomic bomb survivors.

       -- the government will continue promoting comprehensive relief measures for atomic bomb survivors.

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