Greece is expecting replies from three world leaders that were invited to participate in the 200-year anniversary of the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire in March 2021, according to greekreporter.com.
Invitations have been extended to Prince Charles, representing the U.K., and Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin, representing France and Russia respectively.
The three leaders are invited to attend the military parade on March 25 in Athens.
Based on reports, the traditional parade, which was canceled last year because of the coronavirus lockdown, this year will take place with all the necessary restrictions to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.
In October of 2020, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is said to have personally invited the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the festivities, during his visit to Athens.
He also addressed an invitation letter to the leaders who are representatives of the other two forces that had played a decisive role in the liberation of Greece from the Ottoman yoke.
The three leaders represent the countries who fought along with the Greeks in the battle of Navarino, one of the most important battles in Greece’s War of Independence, which took place on October 20, 1827.
It was on this date that a coalition of united European powers defeated the Ottoman Turkish naval forces.
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