Belgrade, Sep 19 (IANS) Brotherhood of Serbian and Russian nations is sealed by joint fight for freedom in the First World War, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Thursday, Xinhua reported.
He said it while unveiling a monument dedicated to soldiers of two countries that died defending Belgrade from 1914 to 1918.
The marble monument consisting of a hollow cross with a sculpture of an angel slaying the dragon was placed at the Kalemegdan fortress Thursday with the presence of Vladimir Yakunin, deputy chairperson of the Russian "St. Andrew the First-Called Fund" that financed the sculpture together with the "Center of National Glory".
Before the monument was unveiled, Serbian and Russian priests made a common memorial service for the Serbian and Russian soldiers killed in the First World War at the St. Michael's Cathedral in Belgrade.