MOSCOW, 7 May (BelTA) – A wreath was placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow on behalf of the Belarusian Embassy on 6 May on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, BelTA has learned.
The wreath was also laid on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The ceremony was attended by Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko, State Secretary of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev, Executive secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Sergey Strelchenko, representatives of the integration agencies, diplomats, public and political figures.
Flowers were also laid at the memorial plates Minsk Hero City and Brest Hero Fortress in the Alexander Garden. The participants of the event also watched a match-past of the troops of the Preobrazhensky regiment.
