General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's last communist leader, will attend World War II Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in May, the Polish Radio Foreign Service reported on Tuesday.
"I am very grateful to President Dmitry Medvedev for the invitation. I accept it with great satisfaction," Jaruzelski said.
Russia has also invited President Lech Kaczynski, but he has yet to respond.
Fourteen heads of state have already confirmed their participation in the May 9 celebration of the 65th anniversary of Nazi Germany's capitulation, including leaders from Armenia, France, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Germany, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine and Vietnam
General Jaruzelski, 86, is one of nine former heads of state who fought in World War II, including former U.S. president George Bush Sr. and ex-French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing.
Jaruzelski, Poland's prime minister from 1981 to 1985 and head of state from 1985 to 1990, resigned after the Polish Round Table Agreement in 1989 led to democratic elections in Poland.
In 2005, General Jaruzelski attended the Moscow celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, together with then Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski.
WARSAW, March 30 (RIA Novosti)
