The delegation of South Ossetia, consisting of Minister of Foreign Affairs Akhsar Dzhioev and Ambassador of the Republic to Russia Znaur Gassiev, took part in the commemorative events dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People, the press service of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.
"On June 22, South Ossetian diplomats on behalf of the people of South Ossetia laid flowers to the eternal fire in the memorial complex" Brest Hero Fortress. "
More than 30 official delegations arrived at the events dedicated to the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War,”the press service said.
The defense of the Brest Fortress is one of the first and most dramatic episodes of the initial period of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The defenders of the fortress - soldiers and officers of more than 30 nationalities, were attacked at dawn on June 22, 1941. Brest was one of the first Soviet cities to take a hit of German troops at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
