Russian ambassador says Putin will attend this year's victory anniversary

China Daily, February 10 (Xinhua) According to the Russian new network reported that the Russian ambassador to China, Andrea Denisov February 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin or to China to participate in the celebration of the anti-Japanese War Victory Day.

"In particular, September 3 is the 70 anniversary of the Chinese People's victory against Japan," said Denisov. This is the same important event as Russia's May 9 Victory Day. It is expected that our President will participate in the celebration of this anniversary. ”

At the end of 2014, Russian President assistant Yuri Ushakov, announcing Russian President Vladimir Putin's diplomatic agenda for 2015, said the Japanese War Victory Day was as important as the 70 anniversary of the victory. He said that it was difficult to announce who would be invited to the celebrations because of the number of people invited. In general, members of the anti-Hitler coalition, Russia's allies and the world's most influential partners, including members of the BRICS group, will be invited.

Denisov also said that Russia believes that the SCO member States should actively participate in the Sino-Japanese War Victory Day event: "Although during this time we no longer hold the presidency of the SCO, but we believe that the SCO should actively participate in the commemoration of the victory of the anti-Japanese war in a series of celebrations." ”

(Edit: Liu Mengyang)