BEIJING, Aug. 28 – At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, 26 foreign leaders will attend China’s V-Day commemorations in Beijing, Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei announced on Thursday.

China will stage a massive military parade on Sept. 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

  • 🇷🇺 Russia – Vladimir Putin
  • 🇰🇵 DPRK – Kim Jong Un
  • 🇰🇭 Cambodia – King Norodom Sihamoni
  • 🇻🇳 Vietnam – Luong Cuong
  • 🇱🇦 Laos – Thongloun Sisoulith
  • 🇮🇩 Indonesia – Prabowo Subianto
  • 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Anwar Ibrahim
  • 🇲🇳 Mongolia – Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
  • 🇵🇰 Pakistan – Shehbaz Sharif
  • 🇳🇵 Nepal – K.P. Sharma Oli
  • 🇲🇻 Maldives – Mohamed Muizzu
  • 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
  • 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev
  • 🇹🇯 Tajikistan – Emomali Rahmon
  • 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan – Sadyr Japarov
  • 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – Serdar Berdymukhamedov
  • 🇧🇾 Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia – Nikol Pashinyan
  • 🇮🇷 Iran – Masoud Pezeshkian
  • 🇨🇬 Congo (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso
  • 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – Emmerson Mnangagwa
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia – Aleksandar Vučić
  • 🇸🇰 Slovakia – Robert Fico
  • 🇨🇺 Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel
  • 🇲🇲 Myanmar – Min Aung Hlaing

At the invitation of the Chinese government, a number of parliamentary speakers, deputy prime ministers, high-level representatives, heads of international organizations, and former political leaders will also attend the commemorative events.