Foreign troops take pride in attending China's V-Day parade

The Mexican delegation is made up of 75 people, including a captain, three officers and 71 cadets from Mexico's naval school, military and air force colleges. Each school will be represented by an officer and a number of cadets.

"With this event, we want to help Mexico become a player with global responsibility," said Loaeza, adding that the trip will increase relations between the two armed forces and the two countries.

Galina Kulikova, first vice president of the Russia-China Friendship Association, earlier stressed the importance of the upcoming commemorative events, saying they are not only valuable lessons for the youngsters of Russia and China to remember the history and deepen the friendship between them but also a contribution to global peace.

"Russia and China, as two main forces fighting in WWII in the Western and Oriental battlefields, have come through great hardships and won the war with terrible loss of human lives," Kulikova said, adding that "the upcoming commemorative events in China mean that our countries stand against falsification of the results of WWII."

Russia's 154th Preobrazhensy Commandant's regiment, consisting of 85 members, will march through Tian'anmen Square during the parade and be reviewed by Chinese President Xi Jinping along with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to a military official, at least 10 countries, covering Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Americas, have decided to send military contingents and representatives to the parade.

Qu Rui, deputy chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), told reporters during a press briefing Friday that foreign troops have already arrived in the parade training base in suburban Beijing and are training with their Chinese counterparts.

Foreign soldiers training in Beijing will be provided with buffet meals in both Chinese and western styles and free WiFi. Their dormitories are equipped with laundry rooms, phone booths, foreign exchange services as well as football fields and swimming pools. And buses are arranged for group outings, journalists were informed in Friday's briefing.