"The huge human and material losses suffered by the Allies, especially the Soviet Union, to fight Adolf Hitler and, in particular, to liberate Vienna are beyond doubt and are worth to be recognized," Fischer said at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Second Republic of Austria.
The Austrian president plans to lay a wreath at the tomb of Soviet soldiers at Vienna's Central Cemetery to mark the Victory in Europe Day on May 8.
"The fact that this official and solemn occasion will take place in Vienna and not as part of the military parade in Moscow, does not limit our gratitude, our message and its symbolic nature."
Earlier this month, the Austrian president said that he would not attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, as well as some other European leaders who had declined invitations to visit the Russian capital on May 9.
