Rivlin invites Putin to Jerusalem

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the event dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland by the Red Army. It will be held on January 27, 2020 in Jerusalem.

"I hope that you can join us next January to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army," the Israeli president said, addressing the Russian president at the reception organized by the Russian Embassy in Herzliya on the occasion of the Russia Day.

January 27th was set as the International Holocaust Remembrance day in 2005 after the UN resolution to commemorate the victims of the holocaust.