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(Reuters) -Over 25 foreign heads of state or government attended a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping seeks to cast the country as the custodian of a post-U.S. international order.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were the guests of honour, and flanked Xi at the parade.
Others who attended were:
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel
Vietnamese President Luong Cuong
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov
Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu
Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing
Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon
Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdymukhamedov
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa
(Compiled by Raju Gopalakrishnan; Editing by Michael Perry)
The guests of honour at the military parade were Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who flanked Xi Jinping.
Over 25 foreign heads of state or government attended the massive military parade in Beijing.
Countries represented included Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cambodia, Cuba, Vietnam, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Republic of the Congo, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe.
The military parade aimed to showcase China's position as a custodian of a post-pandemic world and strengthen its international relations.
The article was compiled by Raju Gopalakrishnan and edited by Michael Perry.
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