{"id":120484,"date":"2025-08-28T12:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/putin-kim-among-26-foreign-leaders-to-attend-chinas-v-day-commemorations\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:11:44","slug":"putin-kim-among-26-foreign-leaders-to-attend-chinas-v-day-commemorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/putin-kim-among-26-foreign-leaders-to-attend-chinas-v-day-commemorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin, Kim among 26 foreign leaders to attend China\u2019s V-Day commemorations"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING, China, Aug 28 \u2014 Twenty-six foreign heads of state and government, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un, will attend China\u2019s upcoming V-Day commemorations, Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei has announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The commemorations, scheduled for September 3, will mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People\u2019s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931\u201345) and the World Anti-Fascist War.<\/p>\n

At the invitation of the Chinese government, parliamentary speakers, deputy prime ministers, senior representatives from various countries, heads of international organizations, and former political leaders are also expected to attend the commemorative event.<\/p>\n

Beijing tells off Tokyo <\/h2>\n

The celebrations, which will include a major military parade in Beijing, come amid fresh tensions with Japan. <\/p>\n

Beijing has lodged strong protests with Tokyo after Japanese media reported that Japan had called on other nations to boycott the events.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Japan\u2019s Kyodo News Agency quoted unnamed sources as saying that Japanese diplomats had urged European and Asian nations to refrain from attending, arguing that the commemorations carried \u201canti-Japanese overtones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding at a press briefing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun defended the commemorations, saying they were intended \u201cto remember history, honor the martyrs, cherish peace and usher in a brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAny country, as long as it faces history squarely, draws lessons from history, and is committed to peaceful development, will not have misgivings about the events or even raise objections,\u201d Guo said.<\/p>\n

He added that Japan should \u201csquarely face and reflect on its history of aggression with an honest attitude, make a clean break with militarism, follow the path of peaceful development, and respect the sentiments of the people of China and other victimized countries in order to earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BEIJING, China, Aug 28 \u2014 Twenty-six foreign heads of state and government, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un, will attend China\u2019s upcoming V-Day commemorations, Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei has announced. The commemorations, scheduled for September 3, will mark the 80th anniversary of the victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}