Latvian partisans who fought against Soviet soldiers will hold an annual rally

In the Latvian city of Adazhi on Saturday, the 14th annual rally of the Latvian association of national partisans will be held, which will come from veterans of the Second World War and former "forest brothers".

The chairman of the Oyars Association Stefans told the BNS agency on Wednesday that the event will open up flowers to the Freedom Monument in Riga, then the former partisans will go to the Adage military base, where a meeting with military personnel and officials of the national armed forces (NVS) will take place.

“We are very grateful to the armed forces that help to organize this rally annually and find the opportunity to pay tribute to those who at one time fought against the occupation,” Stephans said.

According to him, the General Inspector of the NVS, Juris Vetstiranes, chairman of the association of national warriors Nikolai Romanovsky, former partisans from Lithuania and Estonia, will take part in his information.

"The President of Latvia Vike Vick -Freberg also received an invitation to take part in the event, but sent a letter with an apology that she could not participate, because at that time she would not be in Latvia," Stephans said.

According to him, the commander of the NVS Gaidis Andreis Zbets and the parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Defense, Yuris Dalbins, promised to arrive at the rally. He noted that invitations to take part in the event were received by deputies of the Sejm, Minister of Defense Atis Slakteris and former commanders of the army.

At the same time, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Defense Anda Barashkin, not explaining the reasons, told the BNS agency that neither Slacteris, nor Zimbots, nor Dalbins will participate in the event, Interfax reports.

The so -called "forest brothers" in 1944, with the approach of the end of World War II, went to Latvian forests and, until 1952, waged an armed underground struggle with the Soviet regime.