Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend China’s V-Day commemorations on Sept. 3 in Beijing, Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei announced on Thursday.
Putin’s attendance at the commemoration events further highlights the high level of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era and underscores their unity in safeguarding the victorious outcome of World War II, Hong said at a press conference.
As part of the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, China will stage a massive military parade on Sept. 3 in Tian’anmen Square at the heart of Beijing.
Hong stressed that China and the Soviet Union, as the main battlefields of World War II in Asia and Europe, respectively, served as pillars in the fight against militarism and fascism 80 years ago and made immense national sacrifices.
“Our peoples fought shoulder to shoulder and supported each other, rescuing their nations from peril, saving the future of mankind, and making a decisive contribution to the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War,” he said.
Hong recalled that in May, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia and attended celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, where he and Putin reached a series of important consensuses.
“Together they sent a strong message that the historical truth of World War II cannot be distorted, the victorious outcome cannot be denied, and the post-war international order cannot be challenged,” he said.
This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). Hong said that, faced with a world of change and disorder, China and Russia, as founding members of the UN and permanent members of the UN Security Council, will continue to uphold the UN authority and defend international fairness and justice.
The two countries, he added, will strengthen coordination under multilateral frameworks, including the UN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, practice true multilateralism, and work together to build a brighter future for humanity. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
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