PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) National Rally leader Marine Le Pen said Thursday she regretted that Russia had not been invited to the D-Day commemorative ceremony in Normandy in northern France.
June 6 marks the day when the Allied forces descended on the beaches of Normandy in 1944, joining the Soviet Union in its fight against Nazi Germany.
"Today we are honoring the memory of young soldiers who fell for our liberty 75 years ago as well as those who were part of all the French Resistance [movements]. But it is regrettable that Russia is not taking part in commemorations despite having paid a heavy price," she tweeted.
Earlier on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron received his US counterpart, Donald Trump, and over a dozen other world leaders in Normandy to commemorate the largest seaborne invasion in history. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said his country would be represented by a diplomat from its Paris embassy.
