In December, the Kremlin announced that it invited the leaders of “many countries” to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 80th anniversary.
Chinese President Xi Jinping accepted the invitation to him by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, the Russian state broadcast today.
Chinese President Si “accepted an invitation to participate in the celebrations on May 9 in Moscow on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War,” the agency said, citing statements by Russian ambassador to Beijing Igor.
In December, the Kremlin announced that it invited the leaders of “many countries” to participate in the celebrations of the 80th anniversary.
The Soviet Union suffered terrible losses – 27 million dead – in World War II, among the millions of people in Ukraine, but eventually forced the Nazi forces to trap in disorderly retreat and reached the heart of Berlin, The Red Army banner was raised in Reichstag in 1945.
The unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany came into force on 11:01 on May 8, 1945 and is celebrated as “The Day of Victory in Europe” by France, Britain and the US. In Moscow it was already May 9, which became the anniversary of the “Victory Day” to the one that even today the Russian government calls a great patriotic war (1941-1945). This is the most important non -religious holiday in the Russian calendar.
According to ambassador Morgulov, Mr Si invited Mr Putin to China for the ceremonies in that country for the end of World War II in September.
Source :Skai
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