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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau celebrated the centenary of the end of the First World War on Saturday by laying a wreath at a Canadian cemetery near Arras in northern France.
Holding a red chrysanthemum, Trudeau also walked among the white headstones at Neuville-St. Vaast, which contains the remains of Canadian victims of the 1914-1918 conflict.
The cemetery is part of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park, located on the battlefield where Canadian soldiers fought in the first offensive of the Battle of Vimy during the Battle of Arras.
Vimy Ridge was a decisive victory for the Allies and played an important role in the development of Canada's national identity and pride, as four military divisions of the country attacked for the first time together. as a Canadian Corps.
Trudeau is one of 60 heads of state and government in France gathered this weekend for commemorations of the armistice.
The main event takes place on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris on Sunday, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, exactly one century after the armistice.
