Tajikistan's presidential press service said on May 5 that Russian President Vladimir Putin had invited his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, to attend events in Moscow on May 9 dedicated to the World War II Victory Day during a telephone conversation. Earlier reports said that Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov was the only foreign leader expected to attend the day's events in the Russian capital, which include a military parade on Moscow's Red Square.
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