"China's leader, Xi Jinping, will attend the parade alongside 26 visiting heads of state. Among the notable guests: Russia's president Vladimir Putin, and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un. Seating arrangements will be closely watched a photo-op of Xi, Putin and Kim side by side would be a powerful image. Other attendees include Belarus president Aleksandr Lukashenko, Iran's president Masoud Pezashkian and South Korea's National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik."
"The full list is as follows: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto Iranian President Masoud Pezashkian Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa"
"Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso Russian President Vladimir Putin Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Tajik President Emomali Rahmon Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Vietnamese President Luong Cuong Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa"
Xi Jinping will attend a Beijing parade alongside 26 visiting heads of state. Notable attendees include Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un, with seating arrangements subject to close observation; a photo-op of the three leaders side by side would be a powerful image. Other guests include Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko, Iran's Masoud Pezashkian and South Korea's National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik. Leaders from the US, western Europe, Japan, India and South Korea's executive branches are not attending. A full guest list names leaders from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Republic of the Congo, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
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