Ministry of defence of the Czech Republic has refused the request Shoigu to give Russia a monument to Konev
The Ministry of defence of the Czech Republic could not give Russia the monument to Marshal Konev, which was dismantled in April in Prague, as it belongs to the municipality of the district Prague 6, and not the war Department, was reported by the head of the Ministry of defence of the Republic of Lubomira Matara in a letter to his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu. The text of the press-service of the Ministry of defence gave the media.
because of this, Sergei Shoigu asked 9 APR to its Czech counterpart Lubomir Metaru a petition for the transfer of the monument to Konev in the shortest possible time to the Russian side.
in the letter Menara also mentioned about the fact that the defense Ministry is the care of the supposedly 4 thousand Russian military graves and each year allocates funds for their maintenance and restoration. Significant funds for the preservation of the graves of red army there are also governments of individual territories, cities and villages of the Czech Republic, says the Head of the Ministry.
for reviews of the head of the Czech Ministry of defence, the problem with the monument to Marshal Konev could help scheduled meetings among depodesta Czech Republic and Russia according to the Treaty on friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries in 1993.
"at the same time, I believe that these meetings could be a positive impetus to bilateral cooperation in the preservation of war graves," said Methner.
The authorities of the district Prague 6 at the beginning of April dismantled the monument to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev liberated the city from the Nazis in may 1945. The monument was established in may 1980 on means of inhabitants of the Czech capital - in gratitude for the fact that the commander maintained the appearance of the city, and ordered not to use heavy equipment during the assault.
The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Lavrov called the demolition of the monument's actions " outrageous and cynical ". The investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the criminal code, the desecration of symbols of military glory of Russia. The head of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman said that the dismantling of the monument is a folly that made a slight Czech politics.
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