Israel will be represented by its ambassador to the celebrations of Victory Day

The state of Israel will be represented by its ambassador to Russia, Simona Halperin, who will be accompanied by six veterans and survivors of the Holocaust, in the celebrations for the 80 years of the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany.

According to sources from the Foreign Ministry, there will be no changes compared to previous years in the representation of Israel and the parade will attend its ambassador to Moscow. Next to her there will be six veterans and survivors of the Holocaust who will travel there from Israel.

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, exchanged congratulations on the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany held on May 9.

“Vladimir Putin and Benjamín Netanyahu exchanged warm congratulations on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the great victory,” said Kremlin.

The Netanyahu office added that the president “highlighted the importance of the numerous Jewish commanders and combatants in the war.”

Putin gathers this week in Moscow to thirty leaders of four continents to celebrate in style with a parade the known in Russia as Victory Day.

“We will be glad to see everyone who wants to celebrate with us the great date,” they said in the Kremlin about the guests to the military stop in the Red Square.

This Wednesday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro arrived in Russia, who already met with Putin, the president of China, Xi Jinping, and President Serbio, Aleksandar Vucic. EFE