00:01The Venezuelan government has issued a communique as Russia celebrates on May 9th the Victory Day over fascism.
00:07The statement reads,
00:09The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela observes Victory Day over fascism
00:14and congratulates the peoples and governments of Russia and Belarus,
00:17and all the Soviet peoples and Allied troops who joined the effort against fascism,
00:22whose heroism and sacrifice and a deep love for their homeland, defeat Nazism and save humanity
00:28from one of the most devastating tragedies in history.
00:31It continues saying that the Bolivarian government pays tribute to the millions of men and women
00:36who gave their lives in defense of peace, freedom and human dignity,
00:40and that the Red Army's capture of Berlin and Victory in 1945 represents the triumph of the people's resistance against
00:47hatred, extermination and barbarism.
00:50It wraps up by reaffirming Venezuela's solidarity and brotherhood with the peoples who enabled that historic victory,
00:56as well as its enduring commitment to peace, people's self-determination,
01:01and the construction of a multicentric and multipolar world.
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