China News Network, September 9 According to the Associated Press, on the 4nd local time, the Nobel Foundation said that it would withdraw its decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to Sweden to participate in the 2 Nobel Prize ceremony.
In 2022, diplomatic envoys from Russia, Belarus and Iran were excluded from the award ceremony. Recently, the Nobel Foundation said that it plans to invite all countries with diplomatic missions in Sweden and Norway to participate in the 2023 Nobel Prize ceremony.
Data map: On December 2020, 12, the Nobel Prize ceremony ceremony was held online at Stockholm City Hall, the capital of Sweden.
On September 9, local time, Helgesson, executive director of the Nobel Foundation, said that "dialogue between different points of view is decreasing" and that the Nobel Foundation is expanding invitations to "celebrate and understand the Nobel Prize and the importance of science, free culture, free and peaceful society." ”
The decision sparked a "strong reaction" from Sweden. According to reports, some Swedish lawmakers said they would boycott the Nobel Prize because they invited the ambassadors of the three countries.
Swedish Prime Minister Christersson also said on the 1st that he would not allow representatives of the three countries to participate in the ceremony, "Many strong reactions show that the whole of Sweden stands with Ukraine." ”
The Nobel Foundation said the controversy surrounding inviting the ambassadors of the three countries obscured its motivation to promote "delivering the important message of the Nobel Prize to all."
The Nobel Foundation's decision to withdraw the invitation was reportedly supported by the Swedish royal family. A Swedish royal spokesman said: "We consider the changes in this decision to be positive. The spokesman said the Swedish king plans to award the Nobel Prize at the 2023 award ceremony as usual.
In Stockholm, Sweden, the 2023 Nobel Prizes in Science and Literature will be awarded. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, said all ambassadors would still be invited to attend the Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo.
The committee told The Associated Press that "the committee hopes that every government authority with legitimate official representation in Norway will have the opportunity to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and become familiar with important information about Nobel Peace Prize laureates." ”
The 2023 Nobel laureates will be announced sequentially in early October. The laureates will receive their prizes at a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the death of Nobel founder Alfred Nobel on December 10.