Sisi lays wreath at Memorial of Unknown Soldier in Minsk

MINSK, 17 June 2019: Upon his arrival in the Belarus capital on Monday, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi visited the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier where he laid a wreath.

Sisi arrived here earlier in the day on a three-day state visit as part of a tour that will take him to Romania.




The Memorial, known as Victory Monument, was built in 1954 in honor of the soldiers of the Soviet Army and partisans of Belarus who were killed in the Second World War.

Sisi was welcomed by Minsk Mayor Anatoly Sivak.

The anthems of both Egypt and Belarus were played at the Victory Square where the memorial stands.

An eternal flame was lit under the huge 40m obelisk that honors the country's war dead.