Foreign Ministry of Russian Federation: “Separate thanks to our friend from Azerbaijan”

“in Slovenia was opened a monument to the Red Armyians, who fought during the Second World War in a number of Slovenian partisans. Thanks to the research conducted in the Russian archives by the Azerbaijani historian Ilham Abbasov, the identity of the Red Army fighters were established, which died in the spring of 1945 in the vicinity The city of Aidovshchychina and buried in a mass grave along with other participants in Slovenian anti-fascist resistance. ” According to APA, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharov said about this at today’s briefing.

According to M. Zakharova, the names of these Red Army teams are carved on an updated memorial: “A ambassador of Russia in Slovenia Timur Euvazov, the mayor of the city of Aidovshchin and representatives of local authorities took part in the solemn opening of the monument. We estimate this event as a tribute to the general pages of Russia’s history. and Slovenia, confirmation of our position in defense of historical memory. Separate thanks to our friend from Azerbaijan. “