Moscow Did Not Send Special Invitations to Foreign Leaders to Attend the May 9 Parade, but Some Decided to Come on Their Own, Putin Aide Says

Moscow did not send special invitations to foreign leaders to attend the May 9 parade, but some decided to come on their own, Putin aide says

Yury Ushakov told ჟურნალისტists this, TASS reports.

"This year we did not send out special invitations, but some foreign figures expressed a desire to visit Moscow on these ceremonial days and take part together with our leadership in the relevant May 9 events," he noted.

According to him, on May 9 Russia will be visited by the authorities of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Belarus, and Laos, the prime minister of Slovakia, the king of Malaysia, and the leadership of Republika Srpska.

Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral meetings with a number of them.

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