LJUBLJANA (Sputnik) — Russia and Slovenia will keep on sharing information about the events of the World War I and World War II to strengthen mutual understanding, trust and safety in Europe and other parts of the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the Russian president arrived in Slovenia to hold talks with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor.
"We will continue enlightenment activity [on the history of the two World Wars], first of all among the youth so that we not only remember the horrors of the war, but also work to strengthen mutual understanding, trust and safety in Europe and worldwide," Putin said at the ceremony commemorating the centenary of the erection of the Russian chapel at Vrsic Pass.
"The monument will reflect our common principled stance on inadmissibility of attempts to distort and rewrite the history, justify crimes, which led to the deaths of millions," Putin stressed.
The Russian president also thanked Slovenians for a careful attitude to the common world's history and for the preservation of memory of the Russian citizens, whose fate was linked with the tragic events in Slovenia during both wars.
The Russian chapel was built by Russian prisoners of war, involved in forced labor in the area of Vrsic Pass in northwestern Slovenia during World War I and serves both as a memorial and a symbolic link between the two countries.
