Japan condemned for politicizing its Nagasaki remembrance day.
Western ambassadors pull out of Nagasaki memorial after Israel not invited.
Slamming Japanese mayor’s ‘politicization’ of event, US and British embassies say they’ll send lower-ranking diplomats; Australia, Italy, Canada and EU slated to follow suit.
Media reports said Australia, Italy, Canada and the European Union, which together with the United States, Britain and Germany signed a strongly worded joint letter to Nagasaki’s mayor last month, would follow suit.
US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel will not attend “after the mayor of Nagasaki politicized the event by not inviting the Israeli ambassador,” an embassy spokesperson told AFP.
Slamming Japanese mayor’s ‘politicization’ of event, US and British embassies say they’ll send lower-ranking diplomats; Australia, Italy, Canada and EU slated to follow suit.
Media reports said Australia, Italy, Canada and the European Union, which together with the United States, Britain and Germany signed a strongly worded joint letter to Nagasaki’s mayor last month, would follow suit.
US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel will not attend “after the mayor of Nagasaki politicized the event by not inviting the Israeli ambassador,” an embassy spokesperson told AFP.
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