Several Swedish lawmakers said Friday they would boycott this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the private foundation that administers the prestigious awards invited representatives of the three countries to attend. The Nobel Foundation then withdrew its invitation, citing the 'strong reactions.'
On Saturday, she welcomed the Nobel Foundation's decision. She told The Associated Press that it was "a clear sign of solidarity with the Belarusian and Ukrainian peoples."Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko called the decision a "victory for humanism."
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who said Friday he wouldn't have allowed the three countries to participate in the award ceremonies, was also happy with the decision. The foundation said Saturday it recognized "the strong reactions in Sweden, which completely overshadowed this message" and therefore it had decided not to invite ambassadors for the countries to the ceremony in Stockholm where the prizes in Sciences and Literatures are awarded.
"This applies not least to countries with an authoritarian regime which wage war against other countries or against their own population, and which our Peace Prize laureates oppose."Saturday's announcement was widely praised in Sweden by politicians. Even the Swedish Royal House reacted, with spokesperson Margareta Thorgren quoted in the newspaper Aftonbladet as saying that "we see the change in the decision as positive.
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