STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The Nobel Foundation said Saturday it was reversing its decision to invite ambassadors from Russia and Belarus to this year's Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm, after the move sparked a backlash.
In 2022, the Nobel Foundation, which organises the annual Nobel prize ceremony and banquet in Stockholm, decided not to invite the Russian and Belarusian ambassadors to the Stockholm award event because of the war in Ukraine.
The foundation said Saturday that the decision was based on its belief"that it is important and right to reach out as widely as possible with the values and messages that the Nobel Prize stands for.""We, therefore, choose to repeat last year's exception to regular practice -- that is, to not invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm," the foundation said in a statement.
Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote on Facebook that the foundation should support efforts to isolate Russia and Belarus as"millions of Ukrainians suffer from an unprovoked war and the Russian regime is not punished for its crimes"."We thank everyone who demanded the restoration of justice. We are convinced that a similar decision should be made regarding the Russian and Belarusian ambassadors to Oslo," he said in another post to Facebook.
The glitzy event is held each year in Stockholm on December 10 when laureates in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economics receive their awards from the king.While the Norwegian Nobel Institute would still invite all ambassadors, the Norwegian Nobel Committee -- which designates the winners of the Peace Prize -- on Saturday condemned Russia's decision to put 2021 peace prize winner Dmitry Muratov on a list authorities commonly use to stifle critics.
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