China's Military Parade A Success - Malaysian Envoy

By Niam Seet Wei BEIJING, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Prime Minister's Special Envoy, Ong Ka Ting has described China's military parade in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War 2 (WW2) as a successful event. "China has demonstrated its success in building the nation from a war-torn country from 70 years ago, into today's giant economic power," he toldMalaysian journalists here Thursday. Fatalities caused during WW2 was a painful lesson to learn from history which no one should take lightly, he said, citing Chinese President Xi Jinping as saying that China had suffered over 35 million casualties and the Soviet Union lost more than 27 million lives during that war. Earlier Thursday, Xi said in his speech at the military parade that WW2 which ravaged through Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania had resulted in over 100 million military and civilian casualties. "Malaysia is against all forms of war and those who attempt to incite war between any country," he said, adding that leaders who attended Thursday's military parade were people who cherished peace. Russian President Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon were among the high-profile delegates who witnessed China's historic event Thursday. Ong is among 19 high-level government representatives to attend the event. Also present was Malaysian Ambassador to China, Zainuddin Yahya. --BERNAMA