[Global Times reporter Guo Yuandan is a special correspondent Liu Yupeng] According to the Russian Satellite Network, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu said on the 2nd conference call that Russia has invited teams from 19 countries to participate in the Red Square Victory Day parade. On the 3rd, relevant experts told the "Global Times" that China has a very high probability that it will send a team to participate in the Red Square parade, and the guard of honor of the three armed forces of the People's Liberation Army may go out again.
The Red Square parade originally planned to be held on May 9th for the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War was postponed to June 24th due to the new crown epidemic. In order to do a good job in the protection of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, all Russian participants are prohibited from any contact with soldiers and people who are not participating in the training. Dmitri, director of the General Directorate of Military Medicine of the Russian Ministry of Defense? Trishkin said in a conference call on the 2nd that all parade personnel will receive protective equipment and undergo daily medical examinations. He said, "All personnel of the military parade will receive rapid detection of the new coronavirus three times a week, and plan to distribute non-specific drugs for the prevention of acute respiratory diseases to all personnel of the military parade team."
Russia News Agency reported on the 3rd that Russian Defense Minister Shoygu said on the 2nd that 14,000 Russian soldiers will participate in the military parade in Moscow. At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense also invited military personnel from 19 countries to participate in the Victory Day parade, and planned a total of 64,000 people to participate in the celebrations in Moscow. The Russian ambassador to Serbia said on the 2nd that Serbia would send 75 soldiers to participate in the military parade. Moldovan President Igor Dodong said that Moldova will send 70-80 soldiers to participate in the military parade in Moscow. In addition, the Armenian Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan, and the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan have all indicated that they will send their own military personnel to participate in the military parade. The Belarus Ministry of Defense stated that it received an invitation for a military parade.
Whether China sends a team to participate in this parade is of great concern. A Global Times reporter on the 3rd checked the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense and found that the website did not publish the list of countries participating in this Red Square parade.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on June 1, "China supports Russia in organizing related activities to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War, and is willing to continue to work with Russia and the international community to defend the victory of World War II and maintain Good hard-won peace."
Some analysts believe that the statement of the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson is a positive signal, meaning that China will send a team to participate in the Red Square parade under the epidemic. Liu Wendou, co-chairman of the China-Russia think tank decision-making committee and director of the Central Asian Research Center of Russia, who has long been concerned about China-Russia defense relations, told the Global Times reporter on the 3rd that from the perspective of traditional friendship and exchange practices between the Chinese and Russian armed forces, China has overcome difficulties Team participation in the Red Square parade is a high probability event. "Under the condition that the new crown epidemic in Russia has not subsided, sending China to Russia to participate in the military parade will be an important support for Russia. It can also highlight the two countries' respect for history, cherish peace, and maintain the current international order as a result of World War II And other common ideas."
Liu Wendou further stated that at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Russian Patriotic War in May 2015, the honor guards of the three armed forces of the People's Liberation Army appeared on the Red Square parade with a lineup of 102 people. In 2019, Russia dispatched three ships to participate in the multinational naval parade on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Navy. In the same year, China sent a Xi'an ship to St. Petersburg to participate in a parade at the Russian Navy Festival. The exchange of personnel and equipment between the Chinese and Russian armed forces to participate in the celebrations and military competitions hosted by the other party has formed the regular content of the exchanges between the two sides.
In May 2015, the honor guards of the three armed forces of the People's Liberation Army made their debut at the Red Square military parade (pictured), and they made a final appearance. A source told the Global Times reporter that the honor guards of the three armed forces will be very likely to participate in the Russian military parade on Victory Day again this year.
Regarding whether the new coronary pneumonia epidemic will affect the PLA's military team going abroad to participate in the military parade, Liu Wendou believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia's epidemic peak has passed. After deferring the military parade on Victory Day, Russia determined that June 24 was the parade day, indicating that Russia is confident that it can maintain a good balance between the prevention and control of the epidemic and the holding of the military parade. China sent a moderately sized team to take appropriate anti-epidemic measures in Russia, and after the return home, it should be isolated and the risks should be controllable. Liu Wendou said, "For example, we use military transport aircraft for personnel transportation. After arriving in Russia, we are relatively isolated at the station. Large-scale personnel gatherings only appear during rehearsals and official military parades. Received rapid detection of the new coronavirus several times a week, and the risk of mass infection is controllable."▲