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Slovak President lights candles to honor fallen Romanian, Soviet troops

Xinhua, May 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Slovak President Andrej Kiska paid a visit to the Central Military Cemetery of the Royal Romanian Army and Red Army in Zvolen in central Slovakia on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII on Friday.

By lighting Candles of Gratitude, the president paid his respects to the memory of the fallen Romanian and Soviet soldiers.

"Almost 100,000 soldiers died liberating our country. There's a story behind each of the graves. Every one of them wanted to return home, had a mother or wife and children to return to, yet they died liberating our country. For that, we need to be enormously grateful and never forget," stressed Kiska in his speech. Endit