“The meeting on the Elbe is a vivid symbol of the military brotherhood of the USSR and the USA, who fought shoulder to shoulder against a common enemy.
The memory of this event is alive to this day.
In the context of the deepest crisis in Russian-American relations, we can and must turn to the experience of those who had the wisdom and courage to rise above disagreements in order to solve joint problems, ”Antonov said, his words are quoted in the message of the embassy in Telegram.
He also noted that in the modern world there are a number of problems, the settlement of which requires cooperation between Moscow and Washington.
Earlier it became known that the American authorities, on the recommendation of the State Department, refused to hold a solemn ceremony in memory of the meeting of Soviet and American soldiers on the Elbe in 1945.