Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova could neither confirm nor deny rumors that Georgian Dream-elected President Mikhail Kavelashvili has been invited to Moscow to celebrate Victory Day. SOVA reports on this.
The publication notes that Zakharova suggested contacting the Russian presidential administration with the proviso that they "are not commenting on the situation yet." According to her, "first they make a decision, then they send it, and the recipients publish the information," which means that the diplomat recommends waiting for Kavelashvili's comments.
Traditionally, Putin's closest partners and other leaders of authoritarian regimes attend Red Square in Moscow on May 9. In particular, last year, the Victory Parade was attended by, among others, the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. It is noteworthy that the leaders of occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia were not there.
According to media reports, this year the event will be attended by the presidents of Belarus and Serbia, the prime minister of Slovakia, the chairman of the PRC, as well as the leaders of Brazil, Indonesia and Palestine. It is not yet known whether the list of invitees includes representatives of the occupied Georgian territories.
