AKIPRESS.COM - President Vladimir Putin hosted the reception in honor of the heads of state invited to the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, the Kremlin press service reported.

Putin said Russia will continue mutually beneficial partnership with all countries sharing values of freedom and justice, stands for equal and indivisible security.

Wrapping up his speech, Putin proposed a toast "to the generation of winners, to the great victory, to peace and prosperity, to our good friends."

President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Cuba, the head of the observer state at the EAEU Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Oumarou Sissokou Embalo and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith were invited to the parade.