• U.S. President Barack Obama, seen here with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at joint news conference at the White House in Washington in April last year, will become the first active U.S. president to visit Hiroshima. Obama will make the historic visit accompanied by Abe 'to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons,' White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday. | REUTERS
    U.S. President Barack Obama, seen here with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at joint news conference at the White House in Washington in April last year, will become the first active U.S. president to visit Hiroshima. Obama will make the historic visit accompanied by Abe 'to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons,' White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday. | REUTERS

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday said that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima during the Group of Seven summit later this month.

The visit, which will be the first to the A-bombed city by a sitting U.S. president, is scheduled to take place on May 27, the final day of the two-day summit, Abe said, adding that he will accompany the leader.

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