Flower-laying ceremony devoted to D-Day held in Almaty

British Ambassador to Kazakhstan Paul Brammel, Deputy Mayor of Almaty Serik Seidumanov, representatives of the Diplomatic Corps, members of the British Football Association and sport fans of the English football team took part in the ceremony. The British Diplomat thanked the Kazakh Defense Ministry and Almaty Akimat for organization of the event, noting that the day of football match between Kazakh and English teams coincided with the Day of allied landings in Normandy. ?We should not forget that in those difficult military years Kazakhstanis were together with the English people against the fascism and Kazakh people suffered great losses in that War?, P.Brammel said. S.Seidumanov appreciated the opening of the Second front by the allied forces, the beginning of which was the lending in Normandy 65 years ago. He paid special attention to the fact that Kazakhstan lost over 600 thousand people during the World War II.