PM Modi To Not Go to Russia For Victory Day Celebrations, Says Putins Press Secretary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t attend the eightieth anniversary celebrations of Victory Day to be held in Moscow subsequent month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Wednesday. “India won’t be represented on the highest stage”, Peskov mentioned. In keeping with native media experiences Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh may symbolize as a substitute of Modi on the Could 9 occasion.

Earlier in April, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs had confirmed that PM Modi had obtained an invite from President Vladimir Puti to take occasion in Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on Could 9.

President Vladimir Putin had invited Modi and Xi Jinping of China to attend the V-day celebration right here to look at the victory parade on the Pink Sq.. The Chinese language President has confirmed that he’ll participate within the occasion. Preparations are underway to host about 20 overseas leaders in Moscow.

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Could 9 marks the allied nations’ victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Russia’s state-run information company quoted Putin as saying on Tuesday, “On the banks of the Volga, our troops halted and crushed the enemy. A decisive blow was delivered to the Nazi battle machine, marking a turning level within the battle and opening the highway westward — to Berlin and to the Nice Victory, whose eightieth anniversary we’ll solemnly rejoice very quickly, on Could 9.”