DUSHANBE, May 7, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A military parade dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 is taking place in Dushanbe today

2,200 servicemen from the Dushanbe Garrison of the Ministry of Defense, as well as the Committee for Emergency Situations, National Guards, Main Border Guards Directorate within the State Committee for National Security and Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior are on the parade.

Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the defense ministry, has told Asia-Plus that Tajik Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherali Khairulloyev, and Commander of the Dushanbe Garrison, Major-General Latif Fayziyev, are commanding the parade.