Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, will attend a military parade in China to honor the 80 years since World War II.
The “Victory Day” parade in Beijing will take place next week, according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Thursday announcement.
A crowd-pleasing cast will be present, and there will be a demonstration of China’s most cutting-edge military technology.
According to the ministry, Presidents of Iran and Belarus, as well as Indonesian and Belarusian presidents, are on the guest list.
The parade coincides with the anniversary of the Japanese Empire’s official surrender to the Japanese on September 3, 1945.
Woo Won-shik, the speaker of the National Assembly, will lead the charge for South Korea, while Robert Fico, the country’s prime minister, will be the only Western official present.
Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, is unsure about the attendance.
Modi will be in Tianjin the following week to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a Beijing-led security alliance.
Indian and Chinese ties intensified in 2020 as a result of a border dispute in the Himalayas, but they have since thawed as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariff war and shared economic grievances.
Along with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kim and Putin are expected to be in the center of the parade.
In the face of international sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, Beijing provides Pyongyang with a crucial economic lifeline because North Korea is a treaty ally of China.
Since Putin’s unilateral invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Beijing has also come to play a similar part.
China has continued to purchase Russian energy from abroad and supply it with “dual use” parts, electronics, and parts for both military and civilian purposes.
In the weeks leading up to the invasion of Ukraine, Xi and Putin signed a “no limits partnership,” and North Korea and Russia have also grown closer since, with Pyongyang sending munitions and even soldiers to resupply Russian forces in their conflict with Ukraine.
Source: Aljazeera
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