BEIJING, September 18. /TASS/. The joint appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in parades in Moscow and Beijing has given a boost to the development of Russia-China relations, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Tsivilyova said.
"The joint appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the solemn parades in Moscow and Beijing has provided an additional impetus to the strategic development of bilateral relations and highlighted the shared views of our countries on history and the current state of affairs in the world," she stated at the 12th Xiangshan international security forum in Beijing.
According to Tsivilyova, the large-scale celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the end of World War II "confirmed China’s role as one of the key leaders in the field of security in the modern world." She noted that it is extremely important that China "carefully preserves the historical memory of the events of World War II, while a number of states distort the truth about Victory in the Great Patriotic War." "But no one will be able to rewrite the history of the true victors, silence or undermine their feat," Tsivilyova concluded.
