Moscow reiterates that reviewing World War II history and outcome unacceptable
MOSCOW. June 18 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said that attempts to falsify the history of World War II were unacceptable.
"Unfortunately, attempts to falsify historical facts are not rare in our times. We think that such shifting of landmarks is unacceptable," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov quoted Lavrov as saying when reading on Tuesday his welcoming speech to participants of the international conference World War II. History Lessons, Shared Memory and Brotherhood of Nations.
"We will keep on supporting the building of a fair and secure world order based on widely acknowledged principles of the international law and the UN charter, and strengthening the moral foundations of international relations," Lavrov was quoted as saying.
"Let's look at how the lessons of World War II are perceived now and what is to concern all of us. There are many examples, when events of the past are interpreted too freely, to put it mildly, in order to pursue immediate political or some other interests, but are actually misrepresented with malicious intent," Sergei Naryshkin, the State Duma speaker, said when opening the conference in Moscow.
"The history of World War II is perhaps becoming the subject of such exercises more frequently than others, although the modern system of international relations is based on its very results. So falsifications are unacceptable here," Naryshkin said.
"Russia is consistently opposed to any attempts to review the results of World War II, to belittle the feat of the liberator and to justify Nazi policy. This is a totally clear line that we will never deviate from," Naryshkin said.