Palestinian President receives invitation from Russian Federation to attend Victory Day celebrations

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has received an invitation to visit Russia for the 80th anniversary of Victory Day celebrations in 2025. This was announced by the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow Abdel Hafiz Nowal on November 29.

"Mahmoud Abbas expressed hope that he will come to Russia," RIA Novosti quoted the diplomat as saying.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin added that Russia would be happy to see Abbas in Moscow on the occasion of the Victory anniversary.

"We hope that the Palestinian president will be able to visit Russia next May to participate in events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War," he said at a speech at the Palestinian Embassy.

Earlier, on November 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin invited military units of the CSTO countries to take part in the May 9 Victory Parade on Red Square in 2025. The day before, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo said he had accepted the Russian leader's official invitation to attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. He noted that the peoples of the former Soviet Union played an irreplaceable role in the defeat of fascism and victory in World War II.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on October 30 that Moscow intends to invite world leaders, in addition to the heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War in 2025. He specified that everyone who wants to come to the celebration will be welcome in the capital.

In September 2023, Putin called to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War brightly and solemnly. According to him, it is necessary to fill all events with deep content.

In 2025, May 9 marks 80 years since the victory in the Great Patriotic War. In January 1945, the USSR army launched an offensive on Berlin. As a result of the fighting at 00:43 Moscow time on May 9, the commanders-in-chief signed an act of unconditional surrender of Germany, which served as the end of the Great Patriotic War.