Visiting Lesotho King Letsie III accepted a peace stone from a Hiroshima-based civic group on Thursday, saying it “signifies the international community’s resolve to ensure that the culture of peace is cultivated throughout the world.”
“I have no doubt in my mind that through this gesture, Lesotho would have contributed toward the international solidarity of conveying to the world the message of peace that is contained in this stone,” the king of Lesotho in southern Africa said during a presentation ceremony at a Tokyo hotel.
The paving stone, which survived the city’s 1945 atomic bombing, is engraved with an image of the Buddhist goddess of mercy. It was delivered by the nonprofit Stone for Peace Association of Hiroshima.