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The Nobel Foundation will not invite Russia and Belarus to the ceremony

2023-09-02 16:27:00, Aktualitet CNA

The Nobel Foundation will not invite Russia and Belarus to the ceremony

The Nobel Foundation has announced it is reversing its decision to invite ambassadors from Russia and Belarus to this year's Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm after the move sparked outrage.

In 2022, the Nobel Foundation, which organizes the annual Nobel Prize ceremony and banquet in Stockholm, decided not to invite the Russian and Belarusian ambassadors to the prize event because of the war in Ukraine.

They made the same decision regarding the Iranian envoy for the country's crackdown on protests.

The Swedish foundation said on Thursday it was returning to its previous practice of inviting ambassadors from all countries represented in Sweden, sparking a wave of angry reactions.

The foundation said today that Thursday's decision was based on its belief "that it is important and right to reach as widely as possible the values ??and messages that the Nobel Prize represents." However, he noted that the strong reactions "completely obscured this message".

Therefore, we choose to repeat last year's exception to regular practice – that is, not to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.

Last year, the Norwegian Nobel Institute still invited all ambassadors to the peace prize ceremony it hosts in Oslo, and the foundation said that would be the case again. "As before, all ambassadors will be invited to the ceremony in Oslo", he emphasized.

The decision to invite Russian and Belarusian representatives once again sparked outrage in Sweden and abroad, reports AFP./ CNA





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