{"id":2020404,"date":"2023-09-02T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-prize-foundation-rescinds-invitations-to-russia-iran-and-belarus-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T16:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:12:42","slug":"nobel-prize-foundation-rescinds-invitations-to-russia-iran-and-belarus-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-prize-foundation-rescinds-invitations-to-russia-iran-and-belarus-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize foundation withdraws invites to Russia, Iran, and Belarus due to criticism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnobel-prize-foundation-rescinds-invitations-to-russia-iran-and-belarus-after-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Nobel \u200bPeace Prize Ceremony Faces Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>The foundation behind the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize has found itself in hot \u200bwater after initially extending invitations to ambassadors \u200bfrom Russia, Belarus, and Iran for\u200c the upcoming December ceremony. However, in response\u200d to widespread backlash, the Nobel Foundation has \u2064made \u200bthe decision to rescind these invitations.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after Swedish officials, including Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, condemned the inclusion of these\u2062 countries. In solidarity, representatives from Sweden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-prize-foundation-rescinds-invitations-to-russia-iran-and-belarus-after-backlash\/\" title=\"Nobel Prize foundation withdraws invites to Russia, Iran, and Belarus due to criticism.\">major political parties declared<\/a> their intention to boycott the event if \u2064the ambassadors \u2062attended.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We recognize\u2063 the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-show-cbs-had-desantis-answers-to-questions-before-segment-aired-ignored-warning-from-democrat\/\" title=\"Emails Show CBS Had DeSantis\u2019 Answers To Questions Before Segment Aired, Ignored Warning From Democrat\">strong reactions<\/a> in Sweden,&#8221; \u200cstated the \u200dfoundation in \u200ca press release \u200con Saturday. &#8220;Therefore,\u200b we have decided to follow last year&#8217;s exception\u2063 and not invite\u200d the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus, and Iran to the Nobel Prize \u2062award ceremony in Stockholm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Initially, the foundation defended \u200dits decision, stating that the ceremony aimed to promote the important messages\u2063 of the Nobel Prize to all, regardless \u2063of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daily-wire-cofounder-rips-harrys-razors-for-dropping-advertising-over-misalignment-of-values-screw-harrys\/\" title=\"Daily Wire Cofounder Rips Harry\u2019s Razors For Dropping Advertising Over \u2018Misalignment\u2019 Of Values: \u2018Screw Harry\u2019s\u2019\">political disagreements<\/a>. However, critics argued that inviting Russia would only\u2064 embolden the \u200ccountry and its government, particularly in light of the ongoing conflict\u200d with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Russia, \u200dBelarus and Iran have also \u2062been excluded from the event due to their\u200d close ties with Russia. \u2064Belarus, a staunch ally of Russia,\u2064 openly supports the war in Ukraine and has even offered its territory as a\u200c launching point for attacks. \u2062Iran, on the other hand, has supplied drones to Russia, aiding in the restocking of its military arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Kristersson expressed his support \u200bfor the foundation&#8217;s revised decision, posting on X (formerly known as Twitter), \u2062&#8221;I\u200d welcome the new decision of the board of the Nobel Foundation regarding the Nobel Prize\u2063 award ceremony \u2063in Stockholm. The many and \u200dstrong reactions show that the whole of Sweden unambiguously stands on Ukraine&#8217;s\u2064 side against Russia&#8217;s appalling war of aggression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel \u200cprizes are traditionally awarded in December, with five of the six awards for 2023 being \u2063presented during a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on\u200d December \u200b10. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-ways-to-save-the-modern-awards-show\/\" title=\"10 Ways To Save The Modern Awards Show\">final award<\/a>, the Nobel Peace Prize, is awarded separately in Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the Russian war, numerous European politicians have penned an open letter to the Nobel Foundation, recommending that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky be awarded \u2062the \u2063peace\u200b prize. However, \u200dthe winners will not be announced until October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u2063 to read more \u2063from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nobel Peace Prize foundation withdrew invitations to Russian, Belarusian, and Iranian ambassadors for the December ceremony. The decision was reversed due to criticism, including from Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. The Nobel Foundation announced the rescission on Saturday, following condemnation by Swedish officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}