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The Chinese leader has extended a reciprocal invitation to Vladimir Putin for WWII commemorations in his nation, Igor Morgulov says

Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to attend celebrations in Russia marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany this May, according to Moscow’s envoy to Beijing, Igor Morgulov. Xi has also invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit China for its own World War II celebrations in early September, Morgulov told the Russia 24 news channel.

The victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 is regarded by Russia as a great feat of national resolve, as the USSR lost an estimated 26.6 million lives in World War II. Moscow has invited “friendly nations” to join in this year’s celebrations. China and Russia share what they call a no-limits partnership, which underscores that Western efforts to isolate Russia over the Ukraine conflict have largely failed.

”Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to participate in the celebrations on May 9 in Moscow… and has invited Vladimir Putin to China for the events scheduled in early September,” Morgulov said in a preview of the interview released on Monday.

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While Imperial Japan continued fighting after the defeat of its Nazi German ally, it capitulated following the USSR’s declaration of war and the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. China, which lost some 20 million people fighting the Japanese occupation, commemorates the end of the war on September 3.

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